Pirate

Pirate is a minion type in Battlegrounds.

Pirate minions' effects specifically involve in manipulating the player's Gold, buying and playing as many Pirates as possible in order to gain synergy and stats. Some Pirate minions can also have unique synergy with golden minions.

Pirates in Battlegrounds are represented by the rogue class border color.

Pirate pool

These cards are only available in lobbies with Pirates.

Heroes

Some heroes can only appear in lobbies with certain minion types. These heroes have those limitations, and can only appear in lobbies with Pirates and specific other types. For more information about what lobbies each hero can be in, see the Availability section of their pages.

Name	Health	Armor	HP name	Cost	Hero Power description
Cap'n Hoggarr	30	10	I'm the Cap'n Now		Passive After you buy a Pirate, gain 1 Gold.
Patches the Pirate	30	14	Pirate Parrrrty!	3	Get a Pirate. After you buy a Pirate, your next Hero Power costs (1) less.

Battlegrounds heroes

Battlegrounds heroes
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Minions

Name	Minion types	Tier	Atk	Health	Description
Aureate Laureate	Pirate	1	1	1	Divine Shield Battlecry: Make this minion Golden.
Southsea Busker	Pirate	1	3	1	Battlecry: Gain 1 Gold next turn.
Defiant Shipwright	Pirate	2	2	5	Whenever this gains Attack, gain +1 Health permanently.
First Mate Pip	Pirate	2	5	2	You only need 2 copies of this minion to make it Golden.
Freedealing Gambler	Pirate	2	3	3	This minion sells for 3 Gold.
Land Lubber	Elemental/Pirate	2	4	5	The Tavern offers an extra Tavern spell after each Refresh.
Surfing Sylvar	Pirate	2	1	3	At the end of your turn, give adjacent minions +1 Attack. Repeat for each friendly Golden minion.
Goldgrubber	Pirate	3	3	3	At the end of your turn, gain +2/+2 for each friendly Golden minion.
Lovesick Balladist	Pirate	3	3	2	Battlecry: Give a Pirate +1 Health. (Improved by each Gold you spent this turn!)
Peggy Sturdybone	Pirate	3	2	1	Whenever a card is added to your hand, give another friendly Pirate +1/+1.
Plunder Pal	Pirate	3	2	2	At the start of your turn, you and your teammate each gain 1 Gold.
Starry-eyed Explorer	Pirate	3	5	5	At the start of every two turns, make an adjacent Tier 2 minion Golden. (2 turns left!)
Wheeled Crewmate	Pirate	3	6	3	Deathrattle: Reduce the Cost of upgrading your team's Taverns by (1).
Blade Collector	Pirate	4	3	2	Also damages the minions next to whomever this attacks.
Doubloon Grifter	Pirate	4	6	6	Whenever you get 4 Pirates, increase your maximum Gold by 1. (4 left!)
Gritty Headhunter	Pirate	4	5	3	Battlecry: Get a 'Marauder's Contract'.
Gunpowder Courier	Pirate	4	3	6	Whenever you spend 5 Gold, give your Pirates +2 Attack. (5 Gold left!)
Thieving Rascal	Pirate	4	5	6	At the start of your turn, gain 1 Gold. Repeat for each friendly Golden minion.
Coast Guard		5	4	4	Battlecry: Refresh the Tavern with Pirates, then steal one.
Dual-Wield Corsair	Pirate	5	3	5	Whenever you spend 5 Gold, give two friendly Pirates +4/+4. (5 Gold left!)
Elite Navigator	Pirate	5	4	5	Battlecry: Make a friendly Pirate from Tier 4 or below Golden.
Spellbound Seafarer	Pirate	5	3	5	After you buy 3 cards, get a random Tavern spell. (3 left!)
Dastardly Drust	Pirate	6	6	4	Whenever you get a Pirate, give your other minions +1/+1. Give Golden ones +2/+2 instead.
Spacefarer	Pirate	6	3	6	Whenever another friendly Pirate gains Attack, gain +3 Health.

Battlegrounds minions

Battlegrounds minions
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Others

Name	Class	Type	Rarity	Cost	Atk	HP/Dur.	Armor	Description
Gilded Anchor		Trinket						At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +6/+6.
Ship in a Bottle		Trinket						Start of Combat: Get and summon a random Pirate. It attacks immediately.
Splinter of Aurum		Trinket						When you have 15 Gold, get a random Golden Tier 5 minion. (Once per game.)
Elementium Chest		Trinket		1				Each combat, after 2 friendly Pirates attack, gain 1 Gold next turn. (2 left!)
Booty Bay Brew		Trinket		2				Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +1/+2.
Ceremonial Sword		Trinket		2				Whenever a friendly minion attacks, give it +4 Attack.
Extravagant Scale		Trinket		2				When you spend 20 Gold, double your minions' Attack. (Once per game.)
Gilded Anchor		Trinket		2				At the end of each turn, give your Golden minions +3/+3.
Gold Pendant		Trinket		2				Make a random friendly minion from Tier 3 or below Golden. At the start of every 2 turns, repeat this. (2 turns left!)
Goldgrubber Portrait		Trinket		2				Get a Goldgrubber and an Aureate Laureate.
King of Pirates		Hero Power		2				Discover a Pirate. Swaps type each turn.
Kodo Leather Pouch		Trinket		2				After you buy a card, give two random friendly minions +2/+1.
Kodo Leather Pouch		Trinket		2				After you buy a card, give two random friendly minions +4/+4.
Marauder's Contract		Tavern spell		2				Steal a random Pirate from the Tavern.
Shaman Prayer Beads		Trinket		2				After you buy 2 Battlecry minions, get a random Battlecry minion. (2 left!)
Auric Offering		Trinket		3				At the end of each turn, give your left-most minion +3/+3. Repeat for each friendly Golden minion.
Fancy Spellbook		Trinket		3				After you spend 7 Gold, get a random Tavern spell. (7 Gold left!)
Windrunner Necklace		Trinket		3				Your left-most minion has +15 Attack in combat.
Windrunner Necklace		Trinket		3				Your left-most minion has +8 Attack in combat.
Booty Bay Brew		Trinket		4				Whenever you spend Gold, give a friendly Pirate +3/+4.
Designer Eyepatch		Trinket		4				You only need 2 copies of a Pirate to make it Golden.
Shark Cannon		Trinket		4				After you spend 10 Gold, give your Pirates +1/+1 and improve this. (10 left!)
Flagbearer Portrait		Trinket		5				Get a 'Sky Pirate Flagbearer'. Your Sky Pirates have +6 Attack.
Balladist Portrait		Trinket		6				Get a 'Lovesick Balladist'. At the start of each turn, get another. Your Lovesick Balladists also give Attack.
Grifter Portrait		Trinket		6				Get a Doubloon Grifter. The first Pirate you buy each turn is free.
Gritty Portrait		Trinket		7				Get a Gritty Headhunter that gives a Marauder's Contract. At the start of each turn, repeat this.
Plunder Seeker		Tavern spell		7				Steal a random card from the Tavern for each Pirate you control.

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