Monarch - Mardu by JLCitadel

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Mardu deck is a political control build helmed by Queen Marchesa, leveraging the monarch mechanic to generate relentless card advantage and token production. The primary game plan is to become the monarch early, then use goad effects (Kardur, Doomscourge, Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant, Fumiko the Lowblood) to force opponents into attacking each other while you accumulate value from Court of Grace, Court of Ambition, Bitterblossom, and Black Market Connections. The deck wins through overwhelming token swarms, Inkshield blowouts, or a game-ending Insurrection that steals all creatures. A dense suite of instant-speed removal, protection, and board wipes keeps you alive while the monarch engine grinds out incremental advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Fumiko the Lowblood
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Partition
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent