Queen Marquesa by FleshFurion

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mardu political control and Aikido build led by Queen Marchesa. Its core strategy revolves around introducing and manipulating the Monarch mechanic to secure steady card advantage while encouraging opponents to fight among themselves. A layered pillowfort suite featuring Ghostly Prison, Windborn Muse, and Blind Obedience makes attacking you inefficient, while goad cards like Kardur, Doomscourge and Disrupt Decorum force hostile combat steps away from your life total. When opponents attempt large combat swings, reactive traps such as Inkshield, Deflecting Palm, and Take the Bait convert their aggression into sudden lethality. The deck closes games around Turn 8 or 9 by deploying asymmetric finishers including Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, fully upgraded Court enchantments, or a one-sided wipe with Ruinous Ultimatum, capitalizing on the low life totals of opponents who have spent the game wearing each other down.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archon of Coronation
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chariot of Victory
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Court of Ambition
• 1 Court of Grace
• 1 Court of Ire
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Damn
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Deflecting Palm
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Eater of Virtue
• 1 Emberwilde Captain
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Humble Defector
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Insurrection
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 3 Mountain
• 1 No Mercy
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Norn's Annex
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Royal Assassin
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Scheming Symmetry
• 1 Secret Rendezvous
• 1 Selfless Squire
• 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skyline Despot
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Sword of Vengeance
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Take the Bait
• 1 Tamiyo, Upriser Crowned
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Throne of the High City
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Wedding Ring
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent