queen by aiyat2121

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Mardu "Aikido" politics/control deck helmed by Queen Marchesa. The plan is to become the monarch, use the extra draw to fuel a control game, and turn opponents' aggression against themselves with damage-deflection spells like Deflecting Palm, Comeuppance, and Inkshield. The deck goads and taxes attacks (Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant, Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser, Windborn Muse) while drawing cards off the monarch and political engines like Mangara, the Diplomat and Master of Ceremonies. The primary finisher is a clunky but lethal combo: Brash Taunter + Arcbond + Blasphemous Act, doubled by Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, which deals 52 damage to each opponent at once. Alternatively, Gisela doubles combat damage for a fast clock, and Court of Ambition drains the table. The deck wins through attrition, control, and one big punishing turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Backlash
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delirium
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Hellish Rebuke
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Reverent Mantra
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit of the Hearth
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wrath of God