Betrayal at House Marchesa

Commander / EDH Midrange Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick UBR (Grixis) Wizards

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Unholy Indenture
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Chamber of Manipulation
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Grave Betrayal

Creature (24)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Deepwood Ghoul
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Thief of Sanity
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Zealous Conscripts
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Molten Primordial

Artifact (11)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Mimic Vat

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Besmirch
• 1x Harness by Force
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Traitorous Blood
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Press into Service
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Blatant Thievery

Instant (5)

• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Negate
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Domineering Will
• 1x Ray of Command

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Creature (5)

• 1x Leech Bonder
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound

Instant (2)

• 1x Fate Transfer
• 1x Chaos Warp

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Bribery

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Marchesa likes your deck, most notably your creatures. She thinks they would perform much better under her control, and I agree with her. So lets see how we can all make this happen...against your will of course.

So main thing here is taking your creatures. This will be done through effects like Act of Treason,Mob Rule, Mark of Mutiny ect. Next is getting counters on them so they sick around, that's where dethrone comes in.

To make sure you are on the "throne" (or at least think you are) there are quite a few life loss effects such as Unspeakable Symbol, Ancient Tomb and Deepwood Ghoul to make sure that my life total stays low.

Now that your creatures have their counters from dethrone triggers, I want them to stick around. Unfortunately they have to die for the Lady of house Marchesa if they want to stay. That will be done by taking them to Ashnod's Altar or introducing them to close friends of Lady Marchesa like Dimir House Guard and Yahenni, Undying Partisan.

Now this is indeed a house of wizards, so friends like Cytoplast Manipulator,Metallic Mimic, Sage of Fables, and Vigean Graftmage will be around to make sure the lady of the house always has counters of her own. She just doesn't want to leave, and everyone is happy to oblige.

Finally, it seems your commanders need some convincing. They just never to want to stick around for long. That is unless there is a Blatant Thievery, some Treachery, or maybe a bit of Control Magic in the air to make sure that they stick around.

So please, partake in our list, and leave an upvote if you enjoyed your stay.

.....ok....that's it....bbbbyyyyeeee

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Midrange 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Multiplayer 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH