Queen of the Vile by FlippinBizkits

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck plays a defensive Mardu control strategy focused on the monarch mechanic, pillowfort defenses, and political combat redirection. In the early game, it fixes mana and deploys defensive taxes like Ghostly Prison and Authority of the Consuls. On Turn 4, casting Queen Marchesa introduces the monarch, creating steady card advantage while deterring attacks with deathtouch tokens. The mid-game leverages goad cards like Kardur, Doomscourge and Disrupt Decorum alongside Court of Ambition to force opponents to deplete each other's life totals and resources. When opponents attempt large combat swings, aikido cards like Inkshield punish them severely. The deck closes out games around Turn 8 by casting decisive finishers such as Insurrection or Moonshaker Cavalry over an accumulated token board.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assemble the Legion
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Council's Judgment
• 1 Court of Ambition
• 1 Court of Ardenvale
• 1 Court of Embereth
• 1 Court of Grace
• 1 Court of Ire
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Despark
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grave Venerations
• 1 Imp's Mischief
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Insurrection
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Marchesa's Decree
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 No Mercy
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Orzhov Basilica
• 1 Painful Truths
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 7 Plains
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Royal Assassin
• 1 Shadrix Silverquill
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1 Throne of the High City
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Windborn Muse