Marchesa Grixis by AbsoluteZero_93

Format: Commander

Commander: Marchesa, the Black Rose

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Aristocrats and Steal-and-Sac Midrange engine commanded by Marchesa, the Black Rose. It leverages Marchesa's dethrone ability and delayed end-step recursion trigger to create an endlessly recurring board state. By attacking the player with the highest life total, your creatures gain +1/+1 counters; sacrifice outlets like Carrion Feeder, Viscera Seer, and Ashnod's Altar can then sacrifice them to trigger powerful death effects, knowing Marchesa will return them at the beginning of the next end step. The deck pairs this recursion engine with asymmetric control pieces such as Dictate of Erebos, temporary theft spells like Mass Mutiny and Mob Rule, and direct burn finishers like Flayer of the Hatebound. Supported by efficient interaction including Force of Will, Counterspell, and Toxic Deluge, the deck methodically dismantles opposing boards through attrition and closes games with overwhelming combat damage or a 3-card combo via Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Murderous Redcap.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Aggression
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodflow Connoisseur
  • 1 Bloodtracker
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flayer of the Hatebound
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Geyadrone Dihada
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grave Betrayal
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Immersturm Predator
  • 1 Iron Apprentice
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Mark of Mutiny
  • 1 Mass Mutiny
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 1 Molten Primordial
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 River Kelpie
  • 1 Sage of Fables
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Thraximundar
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unspeakable Symbol
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts