Queen Marchessa by Inguru

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Queen Marchesa heads a Mardu monarchy-control deck that wins through incremental board presence and the monarch title rather than a fast infinite combo. The primary plan is to become the monarch, protect that status with pillow-fort and goad effects, then convert it into card draw, treasures, and an ever-growing army via Assemble the Legion and Oath of Eorl. Secondary paths include draining with Court of Ire and exploding with Brash Taunter plus Blasphemous Act. The commander provides haste, deathtouch tokens, and a reliable monarch trigger, but the deck does not revolve around her alone. There is no hidden commander; Assemble the Legion is the closest thing to a non-commander engine the deck is built to use.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assemble the Legion
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Capital Punishment
  • 1 Champions of Minas Tirith
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Court of Ire
  • 1 Court of Locthwain
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delirium
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Emberwilde Captain
  • 1 Escarpment Fortress
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marchesa's Decree
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Noble Heritage
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Oath of Eorl
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Poison the Cup
  • 1 Protector of the Crown
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunforger
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Théoden, King of Rohan
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Witch's Mark
  • 1 Éomer, King of Rohan