Aikido with knuckle dusters by user8308628

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck executes a classic Mardu Aikido and forced-combat strategy designed to control multiplayer combat dynamics. Rather than racing to build an overwhelming proactive board, the deck accelerates into early value engines and political instigators like Slicer, Hired Muscle, Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos, and Queen Marchesa. By introducing the Monarch and forcing opponents to attack one another using cards like Disrupt Decorum, Kardur, Doomscourge, and Taunt from the Rampart, the deck whittles down enemy life totals while remaining untouched behind deathtouch blockers and defensive traps. Its centerpiece engine is Sunforger, which provides instant-speed access to a versatile toolbox of spot removal, stack redirection, and game-ending combat blowouts such as Inkshield, Deflecting Palm, and Comeuppance. The deck cleanly transitions into the late game by leveraging unblockable combat swings, damage multipliers, or direct burn to eliminate the remaining weakened opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Soil
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Black Widow, Agile Avenger
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delirium
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 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 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent