Akido by prouscor0

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck executes a classic Mardu Aikido strategy, using pillowfort enchantments, political incentives, and reactive damage reflection to turn opponents' strength against them. Early turns focus on accelerating mana and establishing Monarch card advantage alongside passive taxation like Ghostly Prison and Trouble in Pairs. The mid-game is dominated by Sunforger, which acts as a versatile toolbox capable of tutoring targeted removal, damage reflection spells such as Deflecting Palm, or complete board protection like Teferi's Protection and Boros Charm. When opponents attempt large combat steps, spells like Inkshield and Comeuppance reverse momentum instantly. The deck closes out games around Turn 7 by forcing opponents into mutual destruction with Taunt from the Rampart or Kardur, Doomscourge, followed by an unblockable alpha strike backed by burn and combat reflection.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arcbond
• 1 Arena of Glory
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Backlash
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Boros Fury-Shield
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brash Taunter
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Comeuppance
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Court of Ambition
• 1 Court of Ire
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Deflecting Palm
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Delirium
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Fire Covenant
• 1 Forcefield
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Generous Plunderer
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
• 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hanweir Battlements
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Kor Haven
• 1 Koskun Falls
• 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
• 1 Life of the Party
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mistveil Plains
• 2 Mountain
• 1 No Mercy
• 1 Olórin's Searing Light
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Panoptic Mirror
• 1 Pariah
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Riot Control
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Selfless Squire
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Sphere of Safety
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sudden Spoiling
• 1 Sunforger
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Take the Bait
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Taunt from the Rampart
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Windshaper Planetar
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent