The Space Pirates

The Space Pirates (宇宙海賊；uchū kaizoku) is an archetype introduced in BS56. All cards in this family are Blue and in the "Beast Head" family. Unlike the other Pirate archetypes, the Space Pirates promotes a mixed-colored deck by pairing itself up with Purple Mirage. 
== Play Style ==
Introduced along with the Mirage mechanic, the Space Pirates quite often focus on maintaining a set Mirage on board. They also have effects which can only activate when there is a set Mirage. The deck mainly relies on The SpacePirate Captain-Sharcook being the main finisher. To do so, the deck aims to stall by hindering the opponent with various locks, mainly summon locks and anti-Core Charge through the use of The SpacePirateShip BoneShark and the Revival version of Swallow Tail. The end game is attacking with Sharcook, best having Phantom Mirage set as Mirage, and clearing the opposing board in one game, dealing two damages in one attack. After that, the player refreshes Sharcook by flipping BoneShark, and goes for another double-symbol attack.
Though not a Space Pirate, The OracleTwentyOnePillars XIII The Death is often used as a secondary win condition, as it is an Astroblazer family card with Blue reduction symbols, and its personal Mirage Oracle XIII Over Death is also used in the deck, creating a convenient plan B.
In BS57, The SpacePirate Gary-Harius was introduced as a major extender for the deck, being able to deploy Nexuses from the Trash and core boost, plus it can destroy opposing Spirits and deal life burns. However, as its life burn effect requires a larger set up than Sharcook, it cannot replace Sharcook as a main finisher.
== See Also ==
* List of "SpacePirate"-named cards
* List of "SpacePirate" supports
Category:Archetype