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Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
When Ramirez DePietro enters, you lose 2 life and create two Treasure tokens. Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled.
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“Pirate lord that turns combat damage into exiled spells and treasure.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Alt-win
Tribal, Spellslinger, Tokens
Strategy
Ramirez DePietro is a Dimir pirate that turns combat damage into card advantage by exiling and casting your opponents' cards. Your game plan is to build a low-to-the-ground pirate deck that swings early and often, turning each hit into stolen spells and resources. The Treasure tokens on entry help you cast the exiled cards, creating a self-sustaining engine where combat pressure directly translates into extra turns and spells. You win by racing opponents with a mix of pirates, evasion, and stolen threats—turning their own best cards against them.
This is all about synergizing cheap pirates with evasion like flying and unblockable effects, so Ramirez can connect reliably. Cards that give pirates pseudo-unblockable effects (like "can't be blocked except by creatures with flying") are invaluable. You'll also want other pirate lords to pump your team and trigger additional treasure generation or card advantage. The deck is fast and tempo-focused: disrupt early, attack through, and steal your way to victory.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive pirate lords like Imperial Recruiter; use budget lords like Warkite Marauder and Deepwater Skirmisher, and replace pricey blue interaction with Counterspell alternatives like Spell Pierce and Lose Focus.
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