Marchesa by user7265606

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck executes a classic Mardu Aikido and Pillowfort strategy designed to control multiplayer combat dynamics and win through forced attrition. The deck establishes early board defense and introduces the Monarch mechanic with Queen Marchesa or redundant enchantments, drawing extra cards while daring opponents to attack into deathtouch blockers and defensive taxes like Ghostly Prison and Sphere of Safety. Rather than racing to build an aggressive board, the deck manipulates opponents into eliminating one another using powerful goad effects such as Taunt from the Rampart, Kardur, Doomscourge, and Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos. High-impact punishment spells like Inkshield and Deflecting Palm turn opposing offensive bursts into lethal counterattacks, while Courts such as Court of Ambition and Court of Ire grind down enemy life totals. The deck reliably closes out games once surviving opponents are weakened, finishing with token swarms, one-sided wipes via Ruinous Ultimatum, or mass combat takeovers via Insurrection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Coronation
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Champions of Minas Tirith
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Court of Ardenvale
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Court of Ire
  • 1 Court of Locthwain
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Emberwilde Captain
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hellish Rebuke
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marchesa's Decree
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reverent Mantra
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Skyline Despot
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent