The Pirates

The Pirates (海賊 ; kaizoku) are a series of cards present since BS11, which also contains the SandseaPirate and GrandseaPirate sub-archetypes. Despite existing in name since Constellation Saga, it was only in BS41 that they properly became an archetype, having effects which support "Pirate"-named Spirits. Pirates are exclusively Blue and divided greatly into Fighting Spirit, Beast Head and Fusion Beast.

Playstyle

The first wave of "Pirate"-named cards came during Ultimate Battle, but at this time they still weren't an archetype, instead of relying on their names, they relied on their families, using the Summon Bolt keyword. Summon Bolt allows the Spirit to summon another Spirit of the same family & a designated Cost at the end of battle, allowing multiple attacks in a single turn and gradually summoning higher-cost Spirits without needing to spend as many core resources. Summon Bolt also received little to no support after the end of Ultimate Battle, so the deck, which was already niche, became completely obsolete.

The second wave of Pirate cards was released in BS41, coming to stay as, ever since, cards in this archetype have been consistently released, with at least one "Pirate"-named card in each main set. The Advent Saga Pirate cards are mostly only Fusion Beast family, aiming to support The PirateDragonEmperor Siegfried-Abyss, but there are two other brands of Pirates, which are Fusion Beast/Blade Beast and Fusion Beast/Moaning Aqua, which could be used with the Pirate Meta of the time, or to support either Dog or Boar God-King decks from the previous saga. The DragonEmperorCrew focused on deploying Nexuses and/or general Nexus support, as the deck's finisher, Great Twinkle Navigation, required them.

After BS43, Pirates were divided into the Ultimate & Cost-destroying SandseaPirates and the Deck Discarding/Banishing GrandseaPirates, which target their sub-archetypes for effects, rather than Pirates in general. The only card to have supported "Pirates" in general Grand Advent to Ultra Advent is The GrandseaPirateDragonEmperor Siegfried-Enalios.

[v · e · ?] Pirate Pirate Spirits The Pirate Raccorsair  •  The PirateKing Leviadan  •  The PirateGiant Kidd  •  The ApprenticePirate Terry  •  The StarOceanPirate Perseus  •  The PirateGeneral Edward  •  The PirateCaptain Edgar  •  The PirateOfficer Cephas  •  The PirateGunner Harvey  •  The ThunderPirate Kidd  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Sailor Coburn  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Musician Onaga  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Lookout Nekojaja  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew IronFist Shumocook  •  The PirateShipEater Hydra-Kraken  •  The GreatPirate Jinvader  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Sniper BlueJoe  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Captain Whitejack  •  The PirateDragonEmperor Siegfried-Abyss  •  The ThreeHeadedPirateGang Rottweiler  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew NavigatorRabu  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew HelmsmanBigMouth  •  The ThreeHeadedPirateGang Engray  •  The ThreeHeadedPirateGang Pitbull  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateGang Vice-CaptainAozack  •  The PirateUnionVice-Captain Longnose  •  The PirateGodKing Greedog-Pirate  •  The SixTwinkleGuard PirateUnionChief Kevin  •  The PirateUnionGeneral Forge-Low  •  The AzureBeastPirateGang Chacope  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Captain-Cook  •  The AzureBeastPirateGang Kabaku  •  The ThreeHeadedPirateGang Ruki  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew KatanaWielder Yoshigiri  •  The AzureBeastPirateGang SecondSquadCaptain Nubias  •  The ThreeHeadedPirateGang Schnauzar  •  The ThreeHeadedPirateGang Pointas  •  The DragonEmperor'sPirateCrew Artillery Shirobanni  •  The AzureBeastPirateGang FirstSquadCommander Bobonoa  •  The PirateShipGodKing Calamity-Boar-Ship  •  The PirateFleet Captain-Wallace  •  The WanderingSandseaPirate Captain-Humpback  •  The SandseaPirateKing Crocohetep  •  The SandseaPirateKing Zebefre  •  The DarkStones SandseaPirateDeity Pharaom  •  The SandseaPirateKing Asseneb  •  The SandseaPirateKing Hippomenes  •  The GrandseaPirate Captain-Daphne  •  The GrandseaPirate Dwarfdus  •  Godseeker GrandseaPirate Bandous  •  The GrandseaPirate GreenhornCaptain Dolphillippos  •  The GrandseaPirate MischievousBoy Kamarinos  •  The GrandseaPirate ShipDoctor Max  •  The GrandseaPirate Gunner Sujinovion  •  The GrandseaPirate MightyFencer Bandiogenes  •  Pirate Ship Hydra  •  The GrandseaPirate GuestGeneral Sharkrestos  •  The GrandseaPirate Cannoneer Pseudorcus  •  The GrandseaPirateShip Charybdis  •  The GrandseaPirate Semeel  •  The SandseaPirate Aibeksheed  •  The GrandseaPirateCaptain Narwilliam  •  The TrishooterGrandseaPirate Diamante  •  The GrandseaPirateShip Charybdis -Goddess Incarnate-  •  The GrandseaPiratePrince Triton  •  The CannonGrandseaPirate Stripper  •  The WavespearGrandseaPirate Carmille  •  The IronhelmGrandseaPirate Belugain  •  The GrandseaPirate Porpoise  •  The GrandseaPirate MagicGunner Pseudolph  •  The PirateChief Murakami-Kiri  •  The LoneGrandseaPirate Delphynus  •  The GrandseaPirateFencer Handris  •  The GrandseaPirateDragonEmperor Siegfried-Enalios  •  Kamen Rider Build KaizokuRessya Form  •  The PirateKnight Brendan  •  The BraveShinePirate Granza  •  The DualGunnerPirate D. Jones  •  The GreatPirate Jetfin-Shark Pirate Ultimates The SandseaPiratePriest Dromed Pirate Braves The Pirate'sSpeargun Zeroy-Shooter Pirate Nexuses The Pirate King's Treasure Island  •  The Three Headed Dragon Pirate Flag  •  Forward! The PirateShip Siegfried  •  The Dragon Emperor's Pirate Crew Hidden Harbor  •  Attack! The Pirate Ship Greedog  •  The Pirates' Paradise  •  Attack! Azure Beast Pirate Gang Support cards The Treasure Map  •  Treasure Draw  •  Punishment Poseidon {{{title7}}}