👑-Marchesa d'Amati, First of her Name: Queens Gambit♟️ (Aikido & Political Control) | Budget EDH💸 by user3732036

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Mardu politics/monarch deck helmed by Queen Marchesa, built around seizing the monarchy early and converting it into a card-advantage engine while goading opponents into attacking each other. The primary win path is incremental combat damage from evasive threats (Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Shadrix Silverquill, Nighthawk Scavenger) combined with damage-reflection spells (Deflecting Palm, Comeuppance, Brash Taunter + Arcbond) that punish opponents for committing to the board. Sunforger acts as a repeatable tutor for the right instant at the right moment, while a dense suite of political draw engines (Mangara, the Diplomat, Breena, the Demagogue, Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant, Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser) keeps the hand full whenever opponents interact with each other. The deck is highly interactive, with 25+ removal, protection, and goad pieces, and wins through sustained value rather than a fast combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Backlash
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Delirium
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Excise the Imperfect
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Oft-Nabbed Goat
  • 1 Olórin's Searing Light
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Spy Satellite
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 T'Challa's Protection
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Tempt with Bunnies
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Verrak, Warped Sengir
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron