All the Queen's Angels by MikeKiser

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck executes an Angel tribal midrange strategy in Mardu colors. Early turns focus on mana development via low-cost mana rocks and curve-enablers like Giada, Font of Hope and Youthful Valkyrie. On Turn 4, Queen Marchesa enters to establish Monarch status, providing consistent end-step card draw while generating 1/1 deathtouch Assassin tokens whenever opponents contest the crown. The mid-game deploys high-impact flying threats, tribal lords such as Lyra Dawnbringer, and utility pieces like Drana and Linvala to control opponent abilities. Critical pressure manifests around Turn 6 with explosive damage doublers like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight or heavy equipment like Genji Glove and Embercleave. The deck utilizes a robust suite of efficient spot removal and sweepers to disrupt opposing development while closing out the table through evasive combat by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Admonition Angel
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Wrath
  • 1 Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bishop of Wings
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bovine Intervention
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Ephemeral Shields
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Firja's Retribution
  • 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
  • 1 Forever Young
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Giada, Font of Hope
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Light of the Legion
  • 1 Loyal Unicorn
  • 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Planar Disruption
  • 1 Prideful Feastling
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Raise Dead
  • 1 Ravnica at War
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Resplendent Marshal
  • 1 Resurrection
  • 1 Safe Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seraph of Dawn
  • 1 Seraph of the Masses
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Vanguard Seraph
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Reaper
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Wojek Investigator
  • 1 Youthful Valkyrie