A strict pirate-focused card, Beckett Brass looks to land hits on opponents with at least three pirates to gain permanent control over any nonland permanent
Seeing as each player starts with 40 life in Commander, this artifact will equip at maximum strength, assuming you aren't facing a hyper-aggressive deck that happened to target you
Now let's talk of counteracting
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Falco Spara, Pactweaver has the two best kinds of evasion and helps you dig through your library pretty easily
We won't always be able to attack, but we can always draw some more cards with Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, Esper Sentinel, Painful Truths, etc