Marchesa'a School of Wizardry and Mischief

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (29)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Merchant of Secrets
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mistbind Clique
• 1x Patron Wizard
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Supreme Inquisitor
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy

Instant (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Psychic Trance
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Land (38)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 6x Island
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Kindred Charge
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Time Stretch

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

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Creature (4)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Vindictive Lich

Artifact (1)

• 1x Soul Conduit

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana, Death's Majesty
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Land (2)

• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Opal Palace

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Okay, this is my Wizard deck I would like to work on and make better, I'm going to show you the combos and synergies that make me very interested in making this and how i see it overall working. Please let me know what you think; positive or negatively, I just really wanna make this the best i can cause it's the first deck in a while that's sparked my inspiration for this lovely game.

Creatures with ETB Effects

Archaeomancer Show

With the deck not having very many instant or sorcery cards, but the ones that are in it I find to be very valuable for the deck so having a reusable recursion card for spells should be very good.

bloodline necromancer Show

I like this card so much in concept Id say it's a staple of the deck, having a ETB recursion in a deck build around ETB effects and recursion.....what can I say, it's a match made in heaven. Also infinite mana, infinite 3/2's with haste, and infinite wizard recursion with Ashnod's Altar and Inalla, Archmage Ritualist is pretty cool.

Disciple of Bolas Show

Having some kind of lifegain is always wanted in my mind, and stacking a draw on that makes it very good in my mind. Having one of my ETB effects also sacrifice something I think will be very good as well.

Dualcaster Mage Show

This is definitely one of the situational cards that I'm not sure will get as much value as it seems it might. But I wanna give it a try at fist but it's not one of the most important cards i think.

Flayer of the Hatebound Show

This card seems like it can do massive damage throughout the game, as well as infinite damage with the right set up :Glen Elendra Archmage or Puppeteer Clique with Sage of Fables,Unspeakable Symbol or Metallic Mimic on the field and a sac outlet. (Even without doing the infinite damage he is still good in the deck tho.

Imperial Recruiter Show

This guy is so amazing on paper, i think just showing the list of what he can tutor for is good enough to show you why:

• Anathemancer
• Archaeomancer
• Azami, Lady of Scrolls (so sick)
• Disciple of Bolas (can save your life)
• Dualcaster Mage
• Glen Elendra Archmage
• Merchant of Secrets
• Metallic Mimic (so sick)
• Patron Wizard
• Sage of Fables (So Sick)
• Snapcaster Mage
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Sower of Temptation
• Supreme Inquisitor
• Viscera Seer
• Voidmage Prodigy

Vendilion Clique Show

We all know this card so I won't go into the general reason this card is good, especially in what this deck is doing. But i will say having Inalla, Archmage Ritualist make it great in a mutiplayer game, it's also very good with Sneak Attack since you can do it on other player's turns and if you have something that can give it a +1/+1 counter it can be pretty brutal for your opponents it looks to me.

Merchant of Secrets Show

This is one of the cards I'm not too confidant about, It looks good I will say and with the new Inalla, Archmage Ritualist it can get really good draw out of it so I think it's worth a try at least.

Mistbind Clique Show

I find that this will be like the most abrasive cards in the deck I feel, with the recursion I can tap down my opponents when I'm trying to pop off or god forbid I see that they are going to try to do the same on there turn.

Snapcaster Mage Show

It's Snapcaster Mage

Solemn Simulacrum Show

This is another one I'm not too sure about, the mana acceleration could be super nice I think, as well for the draw as well. But I don't think it's enough.Would like to know what you think of him in it.

Sower of Temptation Show

Another brutal card from the look of her, if you take a creature and attack it will get a counter and then if it dies or more likely sacrifice it you just get it back forever. And if you blink this or dies and comes back you just take another creature and do it over again.

Anathemancer Show

We all know EDH players love special lands.....and they must pay for that

Sac Outlets

Disciple of Bolas Show

I love this as a sac outlet, mainly for having some kind of like gain in the deck, the draw is just a great added bonus for the effect, and having this as a reusable effect could be very nice

Ghoulcaller Gisa Show

This is another card that works with kindred charge that could end the game pretty well after accumulating zombies over the game and can burst out a win.

Viscera Seer Show

Simply one of the best sac outlets, helps you find your next draw that you want, it's extremely cheap so it helps to go off with as well

Voidmage Prodigy Show

This is a situational sac engine so it's not going to always be good, but keeping my opponents in check is worth it; also it's kinda really funny with Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.

Liliana of the Veil Show

I'm cheating a little bit putting this in, but I can sac my own stuff to her if needed so I think that's worth talking about, it can be a lifesaver if i for some reason don't have another outlet

Sneak Attack Show

this makes all your cards valuable like Viscera Seer and the fact that it gives everything a sac effect is really powerful. I know they won't comeback until the next endphase, but you can do this on other players turn if I understand it correctly so the value that gives this deck s crazy on paper.

Ashnod's Altar Show

One of; if not the most important sac outlet, it generates great amount of mana, and has multiple infinite mana combos with any of the persist creatures and one of the creatures that put +1/+1 counters on creatures like Sage of Fables

Miren, the Moaning Well Show

Even though it will only be producing colorless mana, a land that can be used as a sac outlet as well has desperate lifegain is worth taking the color hit

Phyrexian Tower Show

What a great card for this deck, great mana acceleration and a sac outlet for nothing pretty much. The only downside of course is that normally it will only produce colorless mana and having only very few of these kind in the deck will work fine.

Living Death Show

This can basically win the game on the spot, especially if Cauldron of Souls is on the field when you cast it.

Other Cards To Be Mentioned

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Show

Well there is a couple reasons I feel when he gets on the field he just can help snowball a game:

• He keeps from opponents from interrupting one of my combos or monster flood attacks
• Giving a lot of these wizards flash really can lock out a lot of things on flash like either of the counter creatures (Glen Elendra Archmage, Patron Wizard, or Voidmage Prodigy)

Chandra, Torch of Defiance Show

(For the Planeswalkers I believe i should just go over the abilities so for Chandra:

• [+1] To only be used when Viscera Seer can be used to make sure you get a card you can play and it don't get exiled out of the game
• [+1] Now this is what I'm talking about, a Sol Ring for red mana each turn I think might be enough to justify her in the deck and the ability I feel is the most important on her
• [-3] It's 4 damage to a creature, I'm sure you know that it's a decent ability to be used if a high priority target hits the field.
• [-7] So with a couple infinite mana and draw combos in the deck it can just straight up win the game, I don't see it happening much but it's fun a enough to go for and can't complain that she can push for the win just with an emblem

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh Show

I love this new Nicol, and his abilities just seem absolutely crazy and fun to play with:

• [+2] I mean if you don't know why it's good you should read it again. In EDH this ability can disrupt an opponents whole game plan and even if you get a card that would be bad if you play, it just gets exiled and your opponents don't get a card that would hurt you
• Item onen
• [+1] It might be not too good late game if you don't quickly accelerate him, but then that's why he also has a +2
• [-4] High damage to a high priority target, doesn't seem amazing but it can get the job done if you need something removed
• [-12] "Exile all your opponents nonland stuff" nuff said

Sage of Fables Show

Pretty self explanatory in a Marchesa, the Black Rose deck, makes everything come in with a counter so if it ever dies; including her, will now just comeback on the field. Then just on top of it you get a draw ability in case you need it....how nice

Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Show

What a card right?I think for this card I'm going to start with that last ability cause it's is literally so deadly, have like Paradox Engine or Mind Over Matter, and Arcanis the Omnipotent you do infinite damage cause you have Elixir of Immortality in your deck. Now the second ability just is one of those snowball abilities with any of these cards:

• bloodline necromancer
• Dualcaster Mage
• Imperial Recruiter
• Merchant of Secrets
• Mistbind Clique
• Sower of Temptation

Chasm Skulker Show

A replacement for Master of Waves I was shown why it wouldn't work that well and I agree. But at first look I feel that this card can slowly win the game with my commander's ability. A good plan is to slowly , or in a combo create a bunch of 1/1's then kindred charge to kill your opponents.

Havengul Lich Show

One of the best recursion abilities in the deck cause for some reason they made it so the creatures don't get exiled when they leave the field. So you can dethrone them or at least get really good etb effects again so if you can out of cards in hand it's another way to bring you back into the game if you have fallen behind.

Psychic Trance Show

This card is simple and hilarious. Make all your wizards free Counterspell's either before you pop off and are about to go for a combo that will most likely win you the game or at least kill one person. Or do it as you see someone else about to go off and combo kill you and win.

Fact or Fiction Show

Everyone knows the basic reasons why this card is good, but I feel there are a reason or two why it's extra good in this deck. Well it really has no negative in this card, any card that goes to the grave will likely be able to be revived pretty easily, returned to your hand, or cast from grave. And any card that can, you would just choose to put it into your hand; and if you have the worst luck there is always Elixir of Immortality to put it back in the deck.

Elixir of Immortality Show

A very important card to make sure you can re shuffle your deck so your infinite draw combo is actually infinite. And it's always good to get your combos pieces back if they unfortunately fall into your grave.

Grave Pact Show

One of the best control aspects of the deck....with any of your infinite creature sac you can wipe everything on your opponents field which can be helpful. It also works hilariously with one of my favorite card of the deck; good old Sneak Attack. Other then that it just works so perfectly in what the deck does you can't really not have it.

Time Stretch Show

This seems like one of the most reliable cards to save your ass if needed. One it's actually infinite turns with something as easy as Archaeomancer and Riptide Laboratory on the field, and there is other ways I'm sure. But what i see this as is Time Stretch into a tutor on your first turn for either combo pieces that you are missing, or grabbing Psychic Trance to make sure your combo the turn after goes smoothly.

Slave of Bolas Show

Another hilarious card o mix with Grave Pact as well as just having your commander Marchesa, the Black Rose on the field cause you just get the creature forever as well as an ETB effect from it.

Patriarch's Bidding Show

A great way, as you can see, to come back into the game from a losing situation. Or can even to play as a "win more" card with the effects of your ETB cards.

Riptide Laboratory Show

I love the potential this card gives the deck. With having something like Mind Over Matter a thing in the deck giving the ability to untap this with that to do a bunch of bounce shenanigans. Another reason I love it is the extra protection your high value creatures need.

Awesome Combos

Going to just say that Sneak Attack and Cloudstone Curio seems like it could be absolutely busted in this deck

Flayer of the Hatebound+Mind Over Matter combo+Cauldron of Souls+ any sac outlet= Infinite damage

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.92
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Morph 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U, Whale 6/6 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH, Need to playtest, Decks to Copy Someday, Decks, EDH Inspiration, idk, Prox, EDH, Interesting Commander Decks, Commander