Marchesa, the Black Rose

Commander / EDH Casual Multiplayer Sacrifice UBR (Grixis)

Willzyx

Land (35)

• 3x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Haste (5)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Anger
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch

Interaction (13)

• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mark of Mutiny

Sac (10)

• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x High Market
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Draw (7)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend

Life drain (4)

• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge

Commander (1)

Ramp (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1x Coldsteel Heart

Counter (9)

• 1x Iron Apprentice
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thundering Raiju
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Kalain, Reclusive Painter
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Miscellaneous (3)

• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky

Tutor (3)

• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent

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Sideboard

Other (23)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

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Maybeboard

Other (6)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded

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This is my non-infinite combo Marchesa, the Black Rose deck. What I like about this commander is that you need a good mix of enablers and pay off to make her work. And that’s not easy.

You want to be lower on life than some opponents for dethrone to work and you want haste to enable this directly. You want to build up fast enough so you don’t have to go into defence, and you need access to all your colors, so you need manarocks. You want to have a good variety of abilities and you want sac outlets to make full use of the enter the battlefield abilities. That’s a lot of wants. Fortunately Marchesa is not as reliant on attacks, so I don’t play much spot removal. Also, she kind of defends the board (and herself) on her own with her ability, so protection is not very much needed. And she had access to black, so tutors can help find the missing pieces.

So when does it work? For me it’s when I can get an engine going which makes it difficult for my opponents to disrupt and gives me to possibility to take over the game. How do I win? Either through good old fashioned combat, damage through enter the battlefield abilities (Warstorm Surge or Flayer of the Hatebound) or by just pinging the opponents to death.

The deck is far from optimised, but I’ll be giving her some attention to smooth things out.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 4 Mythic Rares 55 - 15 Rares 20 - 4 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.40
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Horror */* B, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B