Hail Reaper by Nikiata

Format: Commander

Commander: Queen Marchesa

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Queen Marchesa introduces the monarch mechanic to provide steady card draw and defensive deathtouch Assassin tokens when opponents take the crown. The deck's primary strategy centers on overwhelming opponents through aggressive combat triggers and wide token swarms. Engine pieces like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, and Mardu Ascendancy flood the battlefield with attacking tokens every turn. Multipliers like Isshin, Two Heavens as One double these triggers for explosive wide boards. The deck closes out multiplayer games by stacking damage modifiers with Adriana, Captain of the Guard, wiping enemy blockers with Ruinous Ultimatum, or chaining extra combat steps with Aurelia, the Warleader and Moraug, Fury of Akoum.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Adriana, Captain of the Guard
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Alpine Houndmaster
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deputized Protester
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon, Martial Paragon
  • 1 Goma Fada Vanguard
  • 1 Gornog, the Red Reaper
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jirina Kudro
  • 1 Kargan Intimidator
  • 1 Lightning Runner
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Mardu Ascendancy
  • 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender
  • 1 Zurgo's Vanguard
  • 1 Éomer, Marshal of Rohan