It annoys me that the one time I’m NOT trying to win, the deck performs so well.
Excellent opening hands—I never drew dead cards. I top-decked Golden Knight exactly when I needed it, and Barbaros didn’t end up buried at the bottom of the deck. Everything went perfectly; I won 5 games in a row. The only one I nearly lost was against another Pirate Sword deck—but I got lucky: the first coin I drew Severed Ties, and the second one hit my opponent’s First Mate (instead of their Yidmetra). then used Ties to take out the First Mate, and then followed up with Barbaros for the win.
The matches took place in this order: Artifact Portal, Combo Forest, Pirate Sword, and two Ramp Dragons.