Marchesa, Queen of the Necromancers

Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu) Reanimator

ThePurpleGhost

Land (35)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Vestige
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unknown Shores
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Instant (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Creature (22)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Herald of the Host
• 1x Kagemaro, First to Suffer
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Slum Reaper
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

Artifact (11)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin Markov

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Angelic Purge
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Solitary Confinement

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Reanimator Styled Queen Marchesa. Use her card advantage and the graveyards around you to raise the perfect empire!

Breakdown:

Your goal is to stall and control the board until you have enough mana and bodies in graveyards to start mass necromantic spells. You can chain certain creature reanimation spells and tutors together to grow both your board and graveyard.

Combos:

Sidisi, Undead Vizier + Ever After: Fairly simple, let Sidisi exploit herself and tutor Ever After and repeat. Each time you can resurrect an extra creature for value.

Solitary Confinement + Monarch: Though this also works with any form of card advantage, getting Monarch through Marchesa is the most reliable. After this you can't lose Monarch outside of other ETB Monarch effects. With this barrier up you should have time to build up a boardstate or reanimate one.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.83
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Copy Clone, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Queen Machesa, Marchesa's Machinations, decks for me, EDH Ideas