Other Cast Payoffs Youre packing 35 instants and sorceries, so you can play some other payoffs for these to get a bit more juice out of each than just a 3/3 wraith with menace
There are cEDH decks that use pirate commanders but few other pirates, like most of the decks helmed by Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Pramikon, Sky Rampart: In any multiplayer format, whether it be EDH, two-headed giant or a friendly kitchen table game, this glimmering wall can shake up things by limiting the available targets
Emet-Selch, Ascian (Krrik, Son of Yawgmoth) Phyrexian mana is among the greatest design mistakes Wizards has ever madeso why not make a commander that gives it to every card in your deck
Its an amalgamation of spot removal and slow cascading advantage that just doesnt sync up with what the format is about at all