The Monarchy by nkrowlett

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Queen Marchesa commands a Mardu midrange deck centered on board control, monarch card advantage, and steady attrition. The game plan focuses on establishing early board presence, using Queen Marchesa to claim the monarch, and leveraging combat triggers and token generation to chip away at life totals. Cards like Impact Tremors, Shroudstomper, and Popular Egotist whittle down opponents while removal spells keep opposing threats in check. The deck closes out games through wide combat swings bolstered by Olivia, Opulent Outlaw, or a backbreaking Ruinous Ultimatum that wipes opposing boards.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
  • 1 Boilerbilges Ripper
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Brazen Blademaster
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Cackling Slasher
  • 1 Candlegrove Witch
  • 1 Chaos Spewer
  • 1 Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist
  • 1 Colossus of the Blood Age
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Covert Cutpurse // Covetous Geist
  • 1 Crawling Barrens
  • 1 Derelict Attic // Widow's Walk
  • 1 Discerning Peddler
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forum Necroscribe
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Gavony Trapper
  • 1 Glassworks // Shattered Yard
  • 1 Grand Entryway // Elegant Rotunda
  • 1 Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton
  • 1 Gutless Plunderer
  • 1 Headstrong Brute
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Infernal Captor
  • 1 Last Gasp
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Liliana, Death Mage
  • 1 Locust Spray
  • 1 Midnight Mayhem
  • 1 Midnight Snack
  • 1 Molten Note
  • 1 Moment of Reckoning
  • 1 Moonglove Extractor
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Neighborhood Guardian
  • 1 Nightmare Sower
  • 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
  • 1 Omenport Vigilante
  • 1 Overzealous Muscle
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Poisoner's Apprentice
  • 1 Popular Egotist
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Quick-Draw Katana
  • 1 Rapier Wit
  • 1 Release the Dogs
  • 1 Render Speechless
  • 1 Rodeo Pyromancers
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Fire
  • 1 Saw
  • 1 Scurrilous Sentry
  • 1 Seized from Slumber
  • 1 Shattered Acolyte
  • 1 Shroudstomper
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strongbox Raider
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Sweettooth Witch
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Trial of Agony
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Zombify