Gui Marchesa by user8452107

Format: Commander

Commander: Marchesa, the Black Rose

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a synergy-rich Grixis aristocrats engine commanded by Marchesa, the Black Rose. The primary game plan revolves around exploiting Marchesa's dethrone and delayed death-trigger abilities. By placing +1/+1 counters on creatures—either through attacking the highest life total, using Unspeakable Symbol, or abusing persist/undying interactions—the deck ensures its creatures return to the battlefield at every end step when sacrificed. Temporary theft spells such as Act of Treason, Mark of Mutiny, and Dominus of Fealty become permanent removal and card-stealing tools: once a stolen creature gains a +1/+1 counter and is sacrificed, Marchesa returns it to your side of the board permanently. The deck establishes an oppressive attrition lock on turn 6 through recurring edicts like Plaguecrafter and repeatable counterspells with Glen Elendra Archmage. It secures victory around turn 8 via direct burn from Flayer of the Hatebound and Goblin Bombardment, unblockable combat with Herald of Secret Streams, or a decisive Mob Rule.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Act of Aggression
  • 1 Act of Treason
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Akoum Refuge
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodflow Connoisseur
  • 1 Bloody Betrayal
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Domineering Will
  • 1 Dominus of Fealty
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Falkenrath Aristocrat
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flayer of the Hatebound
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Immersturm Predator
  • 1 Iron Apprentice
  • 1 Iron Man, Armored Avenger
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Mark of Mutiny
  • 1 Mass Mutiny
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Puppeteer Clique
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 River Kelpie
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Scorn-Blade Berserker
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Channeling
  • 1 Spark Harvest
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Thundering Raiju
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter
  • 1 Zevlor, Elturel Exile