Hearthstone Battlegrounds: How to Play Infinite Gold Pirates

To execute the infinite gold Pirate build in Hearthstone Battlegrounds, secure Fleet Admiral Tethys alongside Underhanded Dealer, keep at least two open board spaces, and rapidly buy and sell Pirates. Fleet Admiral Tethys generates a random Pirate each time you spend a specific gold threshold. Selling these generated Pirates refunds gold, which in turn grows Underhanded Dealer’s stats and fuels further purchases within the same turn.

Transition Prerequisites

Do not attempt to pivot into this composition without the necessary resources. Setting up the engine takes time and often costs tempo on the transition turn.

If you discover an early Fleet Admiral Tethys from a Golden reward on Tavern Tier 5, pause leveling. Stabilize your board with intermediate tempo units like Peggy Sturdybone or an initial Underhanded Dealer, then level to Tier 6 once your economy loop begins.

Card Cycling Priority and Execution

Every second during the recruitment phase is critical. Manage your bench and gold efficiently using this buy-and-sell order:

1. Prioritize low-cost and rebate Pirates: Buy Southsea Busker, Freedealing Gambler, and Deck Swabber immediately. Their battlecries and sell values reduce their net cost to zero or one gold, accelerating the Tethys counter at minimal expense.
2. Use auxiliary economy generators: Minions such as Record Smuggler or cost reducers provide early liquidity to kick-start your initial cycle thresholds each round.
3. Sell non-essential Pirates immediately: Once a generated Pirate provides no economy or scaling effect, sell it immediately. Holding units clogs your hand and bench, which prevents new Tethys cards from generating.
4. Maintain two open board slots: Never fill your entire board during the recruitment phase. You need one slot to play cycle units and a second slot to avoid board locking when resolving generation effects.

Late-Game Positioning and Tech Units

Once Underhanded Dealer reaches triple-digit stats, raw Attack and Health alone will not guarantee a win against Poisonous, Venomous, or Leeroy Jenkins setups. Adjust your board to protect your scaled minions:

• Protect your Dealers: Position massive Underhanded Dealers in the middle or back of your combat lineup behind Taunt minions or Divine Shields.
• Lead with expendable units: Place a low-value Pirate or a Divine Shield minion in the first attack slot to absorb enemy Venomous hits and break opposing Divine Shields.
• Fish for tech options: When Underhanded Dealers exceed 200/200 in stats, redirect excess gold into rolling for utility neutrals. Units such as Mantid Queen, Tunnel Blaster, Titus Rivendare, or Leeroy Jenkins counter specific endgame boards.

Managing Turn Timers and Animation Lag

The primary failure point of an infinite Pirate composition is running out of turn time due to long animations. Purchasing, selling, and buff triggers all consume combat preparation seconds.

Queue purchases and sales rapidly without waiting for stat animations to finish resolving. If combat animations severely reduce your tavern preparation phase, restart the Hearthstone client immediately when the combat round begins. Reconnecting skips the combat display and places you directly into the tavern with the maximum available turn timer. Keep your hand clear throughout the phase so generated cards do not get lost due to a full hand.