Marchesa Infect

Commander / EDH*

Thundaklutch

Creature (24)

• 1x Blackcleave Goblin
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Chained Throatseeker
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Contagious Nim
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Corpse Cur
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Flensermite
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Hand of the Praetors
• 1x Ichorclaw Myr
• 1x Necropede
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Digester
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Plague Stinger
• 1x Razor Swine
• 1x Scourge Servant
• 1x Septic Rats
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Whispering Specter

Land (34)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 10x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (10)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Instant (15)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Blustersquall
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Sleep
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Tidings

Commander (1)

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Creature (2)

• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Ogre Battledriver

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Electropotence
• 1x In the Web of War

Sorcery (2)

• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Plague Wind

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The deck was an exercise of a. Is this possible?, and b. Will it work?. Other options would have been Gahiji, Honored One , or possibly Damia, Sage of Stone.Gahiji would have used his ability to pump the creatures along with Overrun and Titanic Ultimatum to force damage over the opponents creatures. Damia would have focused on slinging out pump spells and refilling the hand. In the end, I felt I wanted something with staying power and went with Marchesa, the Black Rose.

When choosing infect creatures, there isn't that big of a pool. They are pitiful at best for their costs. By using Marchesa, they become bigger every time you swing at the player with the highest life total. The benefit of infect is that when you connect with a player, their life total won't change, unlike with poisonous. Once one player has been hit with a poison counter or two and for one reason or another you can no longer gain dethrone triggers off them, you can swing away at someone else and proliferate the first player.

The deck remains resilient by the addition of counters and things that destroy, bounce, or tap your opponents board. My choices for these cards weren't the most optimal because I wanted something budget and different than what I've already seen/played. Damnation was ripped from my Nekusar deck as was the mana base.

Adding to the resiliency of the deck is Marchesa's bottom ability of returning creatures to the field at the end of turn, as long as they have a +1/+1 counter. Unspeakable Symbol allows you to place a counter on a creature, that hasn't had a chance to gain one, in response to a board wipe or a kill spell. Unspeakable Symbol also allows you to keep your life just below the life of your current target for Dethrone purposes.

Running synergy with infect and Marchesa's last ability is Warstorm Surge. Warstorm Surge allows your creatures to get off a bit of damage as they enter the battlefield the first time, as well as when they come back onto the field after the recursion trigger.Relentless Assault and Aggravated Assault simply give you more combat phases.One of the local stores I play at have house ruled Infect at 15. This isn't an issue for this deck. 20 wouldn't be an issue for this deck, nor would anything higher but at that point I could just play something else.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C
Folders	EDH, Commander templates