The deck focuses on quickly getting out an army of evasive pirates, and taking advantage of the many abilities (menace, unblockable, card draw, etc) to get ahead of your opponent
Auto-include for big fat Eldrazi decks or else Eldrazi Spawn decks
This is key as at the end of each of your turns, Captain N'ghathrod allows you to gain control of an artifact or creature an opponent milled that turn, potentially cheating your opponent's most powerful cards directly into play under your control
Not quite as strong, of course, but still very impactful
While Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist, unfortunately, wont protect you from board clearing removal spells, her ability that prevents more than one creature from attacking you while shes tapped isnt to be dismissed
Lock and Load isnt super interesting to me, but I cant deny how clutch it is for any deck wanting to tear through their spells, whether storm or otherwise