Queen Marchesa by Serenis78300

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mardu Aikido and Monarch control strategy commanded by Queen Marchesa. The deck focuses on defensive positioning, resource generation, and forced opponent conflict. In the early game, it deploys taxing enchantments like Blind Obedience and Ghostly Prison to deter early aggression and slow down opposing boards. On turn 4, casting Queen Marchesa introduces the monarch mechanic, drawing extra cards each turn cycle while generating deathtouch Assassin tokens whenever opponents contest the crown. During the mid game, the deck forces opponents to deplete their resources and life totals through mass goad spells such as Disrupt Decorum, Kardur, Doomscourge, and Taunt from the Rampart. Opposing alpha strikes are punished using instant-speed blowouts like Inkshield, Deflecting Palm, and Comeuppance. Once opponents have battered each other into low life totals, the deck closes out the game using devastating finishers like Forth Eorlingas!, Spectacular Showdown, or lethal upkeep triggers from Court enchantments.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 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 Curse of Shaken Faith
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Emberwilde Captain
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Forth Eorlingas!
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Immortal Obligation
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mandate of Peace
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Mob Verdict
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prisoner's Dilemma
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scriv, the Obligator
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Throne of the High City
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Unexplained Absence
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 Wedding Ring
  • 1 Windborn Muse