Pirate Warrior Deck
This guide contains detailed Strategy, Mulligan, and deck-building information to help you play Pirate Warrior in the Ashes of Outland expansion meta.
Pirate Warrior is a long-standing aggressive Warrior deck that has rotated in and out of meta games throughout Hearthstone's history. The latest edition of the deck takes advantage of Ancharrr to be able sustain its heavy minion aggression for even longer.
Card List
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Pirate Warrior Deck Mulligan Guide
As a hyper-Aggro deck, it is essential for you to look for the fastest possible opening hand when playing Pirate Warrior.
- General Mulligan — Sky Raider, Southsea Deckhand, Ancharrr.
- Mulligan Against Aggro — Parachute Brigand.
- Mulligan Against Control — Skybarge
Pirate Warrior Deck Strategy
The aim of Pirate Warrior is to be able to kill your opponent as quickly as possible. You should aim to navigate the early turns in such a way to build the strongest board in the least amount of time. This stage of the game is the generally the only point you should consider trading your non-Rush minions and even then, it should only be done if you are protecting a more important minions or making a value trade. In the mid game you should look to equip and start attacking with Ancharrr as soon as possible. This will provide you with enough minions to keep up pressure and can be re-equipped using Hoard Pillager once its destroyed. The constant flow of Pirates and other Charge/Rush minions should allow you to quickly close out the game.
Against Aggro, you should take a little bit more consideration when it comes to trading. You should focus on removing the most threatening minions on the board, especially those that can snowball like Questing Adventurer or Frothing Berserker, while still dealing as much damage to your opponent's face as possible.
Against Control, you should expect games to last slightly longer and plan accordingly. If possible, you should avoid playing any weapon other than Ancharrr until the late game. This will ensure that your Hoard Pillager will bring back your very important card-draw weapon and ensure you have the minions to close out the game.
Pirate Warrior Deck Card Swaps
- Against Aggro — Add 2x Frothing Berserker for 2x Faceless Corruptor.
- Against Control — Add 1x Kargath Bladefist for 1x Southsea Deckhand.
Changelog
- 07 Apr. 2020: Deck has been updated for the Ashes of Outland expansion. Removed 2x Town Crier, 2x Sharkfin Fan for 2x Frothing Berserker, 2x Kor'kron Elite.
- 26 Mar. 2020: Deck has been updated for the Ashes of Outland pre-patch. Removed 1x Leeroy Jenkins for 1x Arcanite Reaper.
- 10 Jan. 2020: Deck has been updated for the January balance patch. Removed 1x Arcanite Reaper for 1x Hoard Pillager.
- 11 Dec. 2019: Deck Added
This guide is presented to you by Kat, a professional Hearthstone player competing at the highest level since closed beta. She is a consistent legend player in both Wild and Standard with multiple high-rank finishes.
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