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Marchesa wants what Marchesa wants

Commander / EDH Combo Control UBR (Grixis)

Kroxloq


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Decided to create a deck in colors I don't normally run and Marchesa seemed fun! Abusing her creative "reanimation" effect, +1/+1 counters, steal effects, and life total manipulation (mine and opponents) to ensure Dethrone can keep triggering.

Due to how her "return to the battlefield" effect is worded I tried to focus on stealing an opponents creature, swing, trigger Dethrone, then sac it out to prevent it to returning to their control. Steal creatures forever!

For this strategy to work, I need reliable sacrifice outlets. Spawning Pit, Bloodflow Connoisseur, Dimir House Guard and many others. Once a creature is stolen and has a +1/+1 counter on it...there is no escape!

Steal suite includes staples like Molten Primordial, Zealous Conscripts, Conquering Manticore and other creatures. I tried to stack as many good "Enters the Battlefield" effects on creatures as I could to abuse them once again on re-entry.

About triggering Dethrone reliably: I added Erebos, God of the Dead and some pay-in-life conditions, Unspeakable Symbol and Treasonous Ogre to knock myself down to just below an opponents life total if needed.

Some big damage combos that may happen...Flayer of the Hatebound and Warstorm Surge. Marchesa's ability also works well with Decree of Pain getting around the "no regenerate" clause.

I feel this is a high CMC deck, so plenty of mana fixing and rocks help out. Chromatic Lantern, Gilded Lotus, etc, standard suite of EDH ramp for these colors. Cabal Coffers and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth can hit big mana too.

This deck will probably evolve over time, but looking forward to play testing it in this state currently!

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94% Casual

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Date added 9 years
Last updated 2 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

11 - 0 Mythic Rares

35 - 0 Rares

22 - 0 Uncommons

14 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 4.34
Tokens 2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Whale 6/6 U
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