Coastal Piracy
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #1485
Coastal Piracy turns every unblocked attacker into a free card, and at three mana it comes down early enough to shape combat from the mid-game onward. Edward Kenway and his pirate-tribal ilk run this as a core draw engine — if your deck is already attacking sideways, this is one of the cleanest payoffs in blue.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edward Kenway
Edward Kenway's whole game plan is attacking with multiple creatures and accumulating incremental advantages, so Coastal Piracy converts every successful swing into card parity or better — it's in 60% of Edward Kenway decks for good reason.
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator wants to flood the board with evasive pirates and attack repeatedly, and Coastal Piracy turns each of those hits into raw cards, compounding Malcolm's treasure generation with hand refills.
Admiral Beckett Brass
Admiral Beckett Brass needs three pirates to connect each turn to steal permanents, and Coastal Piracy rewards exactly that critical mass of successful attacks with a draw for each one — half the engine is already built in.
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator runs a go-wide pirate assault where every combat step generates treasure and exile value, and Coastal Piracy layers card draw on top of that so the deck never runs out of threats to deploy.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze wants to connect with an unblocked creature each turn to trigger his assassination mechanic, and Coastal Piracy converts that same unblocked attacker into a free card — one attack, two payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Coastal Piracy belongs — multiplayer games go long, attack-step synergies compound across multiple opponents, and enchantment-based draw is harder to interact with than creatures. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but entirely outclassed; no competitive deck in either format cares about drawing cards one at a time off combat damage when faster engines exist. Oathbreaker offers a natural home for the same reason Commander does — go-wide creature strategies benefit from the sustained card advantage, and the 20-life format means combat-oriented decks are common. The Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper gaps don't matter in practice because this card's identity is entirely tied to the kind of long-game pirate tribal or attack-matters builds that thrive in 100-card singleton.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Coastal Piracy sits firmly in bulk territory — you're essentially picking it up for free alongside any order. The price reflects its narrow playability rather than its power level; it's excellent in the decks that want it, but those decks are almost exclusively Commander pirate tribal, which keeps demand modest and the floor low.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Edward Kenway
- Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
- Admiral Beckett Brass
- Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.