Admiral Beckett Brass
Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
Other Pirates you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your end step, gain control of target nonland permanent controlled by a player who was dealt combat damage by three or more Pirates this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5570
Admiral Beckett Brass does something no other Pirate commander does: steal permanents at combat damage triggers, turning every swinging Pirate into a political weapon. The cost is real — you need three Pirates to connect in a single turn to fire the ability — but in a dedicated Pirate shell that's a construction problem, not a gameplay one. Admiral Brass, Unsinkable is the direct upgrade that obsoletes it in most builds, but the original still leads any Pirate list that wants the theft angle.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable runs Admiral Beckett Brass as the theft engine its own kit doesn't provide — Unsinkable handles recursion and tribal buffing while Beckett Brass closes games by ripping permanents off opponents who can't block three Pirates at once.
Edward Kenway
Edward Kenway's treasure-and-attack gameplan floods the board with Pirates fast enough to consistently trigger Admiral Beckett Brass's three-damage requirement, making the steal ability live almost every combat.
Don Andres, the Renegade
Don Andres, the Renegade stacks evasion effects and rewards attacking from multiple angles, and Admiral Beckett Brass converts that wide attack into stolen permanents — the two commanders share the same core ask of connecting with multiple creatures per turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Admiral Beckett Brass is a Commander card — full stop. The four-mana 3/3 body with a conditional tribal trigger is nowhere near competitive in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where the card would sit in hand while faster decks end the game. In Commander, the tribal lord effect and theft ability are exactly what a Grixis Pirate deck wants from its general, and the political threat of stealing permanents mid-combat gives it real teeth at a 60-card multiplayer table. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card variant where the card is technically legal and could anchor a Pirate signature-spell build, but the format's faster pace makes the three-damage requirement punishing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Admiral Beckett Brass isn't available in this snapshot — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its status as a precon-origin legendary that's been available since 2017, it typically sits in the $2–5 range and is rarely a budget obstacle for anyone building Grixis Pirates.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- Edward Kenway
- Don Andres, the Renegade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.