Queens Court by DTCook

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Queen Marchesa heads a Mardu monarch/politics deck that wins by letting opponents fight each other while she accumulates monarch draws, Assassin tokens, and damage-doubling pieces. The early game drops Marchesa on turn three to seize the monarch; goad effects and pillow-fort enchantments steer attacks away. The late game uses Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, double-strike effects, and the two Swords to turn an equipped Marchesa into a lethal 21-damage commander, or weaponizes Brash Taunter with Fire Covenant as a life-based removal/win outlet. The deck is interactive and resilient, with Sunforger tutoring instant-speed answers and Teferi's Protection/Boros Charm protecting the critical board, but it rarely wins before the mid-game because it has no dedicated fast combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Acidic Soil
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arcbond
• 1 Arena of Glory
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brash Taunter
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Comeuppance
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Deflecting Palm
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Delirium
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Disrupt Decorum
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dream Devourer
• 1 Duelist's Heritage
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Fire Covenant
• 1 Flamekin Village
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Generous Plunderer
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hanweir Battlements
• 1 Imperial Recruiter
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
• 1 Life of the Party
• 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 Mistveil Plains
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
• 1 Olórin's Searing Light
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
• 3 Plains
• 1 Pyroblast
• 1 Qarsi Revenant
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Selfless Squire
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Stoneforge Mystic
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sunforger
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Sword of War and Peace
• 1 Take the Bait
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Taunt from the Rampart
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Winds of Abandon
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow