Woah! What kinda Hero Power is this?! Hear me out. If we gave Ms. DeMeza here a weapon each turn, that would give some *serious* value to weapon-related pirates. And we don't want that. Weapons in the Pirate Hero class are perhaps even more valuable than in Rogue decks.

So, I tried a different approach. Everyone likes gold, right? So she can now summon a small Taunt. This protects your board, which is another facet of Pirate gameplay. The Chest is a 0/1, not a 0/2 of the Stoneclaw Totem as it is a guaranteed Taunt. Therefore, many classes can ping it without a problem.

*cough*Reborn Tengu*cough*. This card introduces us to the "deck thinning" concept of the deck. A strong card, on the level of Shielded Minibot. Once this guy dies, it will summon your other copy of the Skeletal Pirate from your deck. Perhaps 3 mana is better?

Does anyone get what I mean by Reborn Tengu, by the way...?

A Flamecannon. And this is what I meant by a "fun" approach. This, by far, will be my favourite card in the entire Basic set, and I didn't even make it all yet! This is also an example of unsteady removal.

Here's the basic weapon for the Pirate Hero. 2 attack, you still get some decent value with the neutral Pirates. Based off of Fiery War Axe, Gladiator's Longbow, as well as my Deathsworn Claymore from my Death Knight class.

Love this card's name. :P Here's a heavier drop, based off of Azure Drake. it has less card velocity and doesn't have the Spell Damage, but you get a guaranteed card, and a good one too.

Here's both some fun weapon synergy and (very) unpredictable removal for you. All the weapons are worth about 1 mana. Except for the Cake. Sucks to be you if you get the cake. Should add a 1/1 Drumstick that restores 2 HP to your Hero?

Here's another fun card. Against non-weapon decks, you can have a bit of cheap removal. Against weapon decks, however, this card can have some serious value. You give them a near-useless weapon as well as potentially destroying their previous weapon. For those who are wondering, both the italics text on the mop and the re-coloured Slime were done in GIMP.

Based off of Velen's Chosen and my Curse of the Worgen (3 mana, +3/+3). Should be balanced enough. This could be used to buff up a minion into BGH range, though it's expensive. This is *extremely* important as Pirates do NOT have hard removal. Better to  turn your Bloodsail Raider into a monster.

C'mon, I need a few steady, non-wacky cards.

This is your *only* card draw. Yes, that's right. Everything else comes from deck thinning. Use this card wisely. It is the old Novice Engineer, with 37% more cuteness.

I had a very tough time balancing this weapon. It's based off of Arcanite Reaper. Essentially, you swing for 6 damage. Then, since the anchor is darned heavy, your Hero can`t attack next turn. Not only that, since this weapon's Attack turns to 0, you LOSE ALL PIRATE WEAPON PERKS, like from Dread Corsair.

Bloodmage Thalnos' low cost and ability to cycle is what makes him a legendary. Here we have an ever lower cost Spell Damage minion. However, there is a catch. It will only last on the turn you play it. That and the fact this guy has no draw. I think this balances out the extremely cheap spell buff.

A Powder Monkey is the crew member responsible for transporting gunpowder. I think this represents it well enough.

A really fun card concept. The body isn't too bad. In fact, it's the exact same as a Dark Iron Dwarf. However, the Boatswain has the benefit of thinning your deck out and giving you another decent 4-drop. You'll have to spend 4 mana to play it, but still.

The Boatswain is in charge of general deck activities, which basically translates in Hearthstone-talk to attacking.

A stronger Earthen Ring Farseer. Another solid 4/4 body, and you get to once again cycle through your deck by putting yet another one of those Boatswains back into your hand.

The Coxswain is responsible for piloting and maintaining the ship's longboats. Well, the closest thing to maintaining stuff in Hearthstone is healing, so, yeah.

Here is the Pirate Hero's extremely unreliable AOE. To make up for the unreliability, you can potentially summon as many pirates as you want, wiping out the board at the expense of also wiping your hand. The special Ship's Cannons also only target minions. 

Don't worry. There won't be a Pirate Hero version of UTH. That would be sooooooo cancer...

Stats based off of Anodized Robo Cub. A mini-Sludge Belcher.  However, it is not quite as good as the Taunt it leaves behind is just a meat shield. Still. 2 mana, 2/4 stats is not bad at all. Is this better than Annoy-o-Tron? Well. The Annoy-o-tron is a mech. Also, the Divine Shield means you can buff it to trade favourably. The Mimic, however, resists Hero Power pings. It depends on the situation, really.

There is no explanation. Only potential salt and biblethumps.

Pretty straightforward, this spell. I balanced it against Upgrade!. The 0 mana cost is what makes it so effective, on the level of Rogue's Bakestaybe.

Pint-Sized Summoner's fifth cousin, thrice removed. Unfortunately for her, her cousin fell afoul of a marauding band of pirates and was kidnapped at an early age. Nobody knows what become of him ever since. Legend has it, though, that he has developed impressive musical talent and has a penchant for conserving mana.

An interesting minion that intrudes a tiny bit into the Paladin playstyle. However, with the hug amount of summoning and flooding the board Pirates can do, this card would also fit well into this class. And, it has a Beast tag... I wonder what that means...

The Pirates' version of Tinkertown Technician. Faster, cheaper, this would be nuts with a coin play.

Perfectly balanced, nothing to see here.

Here's some weapon synergy that the Pirates are so well-known for. Abusive Sergeant, but better. However, she needs a weapon for her buff.

Not all Pirates are made with Equality. Some are far, far stinkier than others.

Finally, a solid card that actually doesn't do anything too stupid! The Piratical version of Piloted Shredder. The main downside for this minion is that there aren't to many outstanding 2-mana Pirates. Bloodsail Raider, One-eyed Cheat, and this class' few 2 mana Pirates. As a trade-off for crazy drops, you get a tiny bit of consistency. Note that Skeletal Pirate is NOT Pirate-raced.

Here we are, a beefy 5-mana with an impressive effect. With this card, you can trade one or two Pirates each turn for a very sticky 2/2 minion. Or, you can deter your opponent from AOE'ing your board. The legendary itself has a decent body.

I love Soul of the Forest. I really do. But, in reality, it's not meant to be in Druid. It's meant to be in something, and it galls me to say it, something like Warlock. A card that gives out an AOE sticky effect needs to be in a class that can upkeep a large board. So here it is, in the Pirate class.

Hey, if Mechwarper is a 2/3... 

At last, a large drop for the Pirate class, and it gives you a decent weapon to boot! 3/6 is worth 4 mana, the 2/3 weapon is worth 2.5 mana. And let's be real here. Compare it to Fiery War Axe, not that overpriced Stormforged Axe. So, in total, you do get a bit more bang for your buck that usual. However, if we compare it to two extremely powerful 6-drops, Fire Elemental and Savannah Highmane, we can see that this card is a bit weaker. Now that I think about it... I should buff this card. And no, a ship is not a mech.

This card is bursting with flavour. (What is this, a Kool-Aid commercial?) I designed this card like this. So, if a Marine were to be in a Pirate deck, naturally, she'd want to imprison a Pirate, right? So, if you that, you lose a minion on the board, but she becomes a solid 4/5. By going back into your deck, it's like she's "imprisoning" that Pirate. However, when you draw that Pirate later on, you pay the 1 mana you gained by getting a 4/5 for 3 mana. However... you get INSANE, INSANE value if you imprison an enemy pirate.

One of my favourite cards in this entire set. 

This... is an odd weapon. It is very hard to compare to anything, and I'm not even sure if it is balanced or not. Help in the comments would be greatly appreciated.

The legacy of Cap'n Gaspasser continues! Unleash the full fury of the dreaded nautical legend known as Cap'n Gaspasser and all shall fear you! Well, mostly him, but a you as well, mainly for the fact that you had the guts to summon him in the first place.

This here is a what every Pirate needs if your opponent got off a pesky board clear. As a Legendary, she won't win you games. But she can definitely help you to stabilize your situation. Save this card for a good occasion. Don't just slap her down as a Tazdingo or when you have nothing to back her up, even if you do get her down for (3).

Nothing too special about this card. Perhaps this card would be a better option that the Bonny Lass? The Land Ho! cards have a few inside jokes WoW players will understand.

The ultimate deck-thinning minion the Pirates have at their disposal. But! It's for Beasts only! Will Beast Pirate be a thing?!