The card also sees play with Primeval Titan, since the lands it fetches help offset the cost you have to pay later
The colors further enhance the image with a bright glow, and how the silver swirls border the image helps to bring a feeling of action to the card as if viewers are witnessing the moment from a first-person perspective
The value of X won't change even if the number of lands you control changes after that point
They put Phyrexian mana, poison counters, and a lot of superb cards from older sets into this one
Quick expansion: Siren Stormtamer, Dire Fleet Daredevil, Cloud Pirates, Dire Fleet Poisoner, Warkite Marauder, Captain Lannery Storm, Fathom Fleet Captain, Protean Raider, Kitesail Freebooter, Captivating Crew, Ruin Raider, Crafty Cutpurse, Daring Saboteur, Forerunner of the Coalition, Dreamcaller Siren, Dire Fleet Captain, Dire Fleet Neckbreaker, Daring Buccaneer, Brineborn Cutthroat, Rigging Runner, Admirals Order, Lookouts Dispersal, Raiders Wake, Fell Flagship, Fiery Cannonade, Buccaneers Bravado, Pirates Cutlass Goal cards: Dockside Extortionist, Pitiless Plunderer, Hostage Taker Tribal Commander: Admiral Beckett Brass ROGUES Rogues are functionally similar to pirates, and they tend to occupy the same mechanical roles in story settings where pirates dont fit