A filler band from the anime-exclusive Ice Hunter Arc, the Phoenix Pirates answer to Captain Puzzle. Stripped of their banner by the Accino Family and forced into service, they won back their name once the Straw Hats lent them a hand.
Introduced within the filler Ice Hunter Arc, the Phoenix Pirates are a non-canon crew under the command of Puzzle. Their mark shows purple wings, claws, and a spread of flame behind the customary skull and crossbones, every element pointing to the firebird for which they are named. A red phoenix serves as their figurehead; catching sight of the vessel with no sails rigged, Franky guessed the crew had come out the loser of a Davy Back Fight, when in fact Brindo had made off with both their canvas and their Jolly Roger.
Paradise posed no lasting obstacle to this crew, who proved capable enough to clear its full stretch of the Grand Line. Everything changed once they pressed on into the New World. A formidable foe broke them there, and the vice-captain Vigaro laid down his life to shield his shipmates, a blow that drove the survivors to retreat homeward. The Accino Family had already taken their flag and pressed them into serving as soldiers. Backed by the Straw Hat Pirates, the crew recovered its banner and returned to the open sea.
Puzzle stands at the head of the crew and carries a bounty of no less than 100,000,000 berries. Vigaro held the post of first mate right up until he was killed in the New World.

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Yes, the Phoenix Pirates first appear in the anime-only Ice Hunter Arc, making them a non-canon crew that does not exist in the original manga.
No, Puzzle and his Phoenix Pirates are non-canon, appearing only in the anime's filler Ice Hunter Arc rather than in Eiichiro Oda's original story.
The Phoenix Pirates lost a fight in the New World that killed their vice-captain Vigaro, and the Accino Family later stole their flag and forced them into servitude. The Straw Hat Pirates helped them reclaim their banner and return to the sea.
Puzzle captains the Phoenix Pirates and carries a bounty of at least 100,000,000 berries.
The Phoenix Pirates' flag features purple wings, claws, and flames behind a skull and crossbones, and their ship carries a red phoenix figurehead, both nodding to the firebird in their name.
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