Queen Marchesa Touch of Death by Myszkin_MTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Queen Marchesa deck executes a classic Mardu Aikido and forced-combat political strategy. Instead of racing to assemble fast combo wins, the deck establishes early pillowfort defenses and introduces the Monarch to generate steady card advantage. It uses deterrents like Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker, Blind Obedience, and Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs to make attacking you unprofitable. Meanwhile, cards like Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos, Rite of the Raging Storm, and Breena, the Demagogue incentivize opponents to attack each other. When opposing boards grow large, the deck casts mass goad spells such as Taunt from the Rampart or Disrupt Decorum to trigger massive combat collisions. As opponents weaken each other, defensive blowouts like Inkshield, Deflecting Palm, and Comeuppance punish aggressive swings and turn opposing damage into game-ending counter-attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archon of Coronation
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Batwing Brume
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Black Widow, Agile Avenger
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brash Taunter
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Comeuppance
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Council's Judgment
• 1 Court of Ambition
• 1 Court of Grace
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
• 1 Deflecting Palm
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Duelist's Heritage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Firemane Commando
• 1 Flare of Fortitude
• 1 General's Enforcer
• 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Insurrection
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1 Keeper of the Accord
• 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1 Olórin's Searing Light
• 1 Ophiomancer
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Plains
• 1 Promise of Loyalty
• 1 Qarsi Revenant
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Selfless Squire
• 1 Shadrix Silverquill
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spectacular Showdown
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Taunt from the Rampart
• 1 Teyo, Geometric Tactician
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Weathered Wayfarer
• 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent