Marchesa Stax - bow before me

Commander / EDH Control Land Destruction RBW (Mardu) Stax

MartialArt

Land (33)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 2x Mountain
• 8x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland

Creature (13)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Loxodon Gatekeeper
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Artifact (21)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Trinisphere
• 1x Winter Orb

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Greed
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Nether Void
• 1x Solitary Confinement

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Devastation
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Ravages of War
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vindicate

Instant (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant

Land (1)

• 1x Maze of Ith

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Epicenter

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There is much talk about the art of creation. What about the art of destruction?

This is my second attempt at making a stax deck. I would appreciate some cutting suggestions. If you want to suggest good cards or combos feel free too. ;)

This deck is not meant to be friendly or "fun". If you look for something like this look into my other decks and never come back to this page. ;)
For those who don't know what stax is: klick here for the stax primer

Combos:
- Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void -> win
- Queen Marchesa + Solitary Confinement -> protection
- Bitterblossom + Contamination -> softlock on lands
- Assemble the Legion + Contamination -> softlock on lands + a lot of tokens
- Assemble the Legion + Smokestack -> really hard boardlock
- Bitterblossom + Smokestack -> soft boardlock
- Crucible of Worlds + Smokestack + any one land -> soft boardlock
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion + Smokestack -> boardlock
If you bring a token producer on the board and add up some more counters on Smokestack you will see most people flip the table. Especially if you play a land whipe afterwards. So secure your cards before this happens. XD

I think there are still some more interactions but those not listed should be something similiar to those above.
The combo is not the only win option here but it's an instant win option. Most games end in people giving up but ultimately this deck would win with combat damage through tokens or continuous commander damage through Marchesa. But most people won't bother to play till they get killed.

Alternate win con:
Commander damage or normal damage with tokens and the creatures.

And if you are asking yourself why I use Greed instead of Erebos, God of the Dead: It simply costs me 1 mana less to activate and in stax this can be crucial.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Bitterblossom + Contamination Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void Queen Marchesa + Solitary Confinement Assemble the Legion + Smokestack Bitterblossom + Smokestack Elspeth, Sun's Champion + Smokestack Crucible of Worlds + Smokestack Assemble the Legion + Contamination
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, The Monarch
Folders	Intersting decks, wow, that's mean, I love it
Based on	Grand Stax MartialArt EDH