Marchesa Grand Queen by user5403221

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This Mardu monarch deck, helmed by Queen Marchesa, is a control-oriented strategy built around seizing the monarch title and leveraging its card-advantage and life-drain payoffs. The primary game plan is to establish the monarch early through a combination of the commander, Throne of the High City, and several monarch-entering creatures, then protect that position with pillowfort enchantments (Ghostly Prison, Baird, Steward of Argive, Windborn Muse), targeted removal, and board wipes. The deck slowly accumulates value from the "Court" cycle (Court of Embereth, Court of Ire, Court of Ambition, etc.) and token generators like Assemble the Legion and Skyline Despot, eventually draining opponents out or finishing with a massive Insurrection or a large Zurgo Helmsmasher. It has no infinite combos and relies on incremental advantage and political manipulation to outlast three opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Act of Treason
• 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
• 1 Archon of Coronation
• 1 Assemble the Legion
• 1 Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
• 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1 Bedevil
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Champions of Minas Tirith
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Comeuppance
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 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 Crimson Fleet Commodore
• 1 Crown of Gondor
• 1 Custodi Lich
• 1 Deflecting Palm
• 1 Dire Tactics
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1 Emberwilde Captain
• 1 Erode
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Feast of Succession
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Insurrection
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jecht, Reluctant Guardian // Braska's Final Aeon
• 1 Khârn the Betrayer
• 1 Knights of the Black Rose
• 1 Marchesa's Decree
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Palace Jailer
• 1 Path to Exile
• 8 Plains
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Protector of the Crown
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Royal Assassin
• 1 Scheming Symmetry
• 1 Shadrix Silverquill
• 1 Skyline Despot
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Take the Bait
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
• 1 Throne of the High City
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Wear // Tear
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
• 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival
• 1 Zurgo Helmsmasher