The Maniacal Court

Commander / EDH Assassin Budget Casual Control Deathtouch Humans Monarch RBW (Mardu)

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Land (36)

• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Escape Tunnel
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Grimclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Legion Stronghold  ^Flip
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Shattered Landscape
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Witch-Blessed Meadow  ^Flip

Instant (9)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Terminate

Creature (21)

• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Archon of Coronation
• 1x Champions of Minas Tirith
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Drana and Linvala
• 1x Dread
• 1x Hired Poisoner
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Ruthless Ripper
• 1x Shay Cormac
• 1x Thrill-Kill Assassin
• 1x Unstoppable Slasher
• 1x Virtus the Veiled
• 1x Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Arcane Teachings
• 1x Burning Anger
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Court of Ardenvale
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Court of Ire
• 1x Court of Locthwain
• 1x Grievous Wound
• 1x Lightning Prowess
• 1x Power of Fire
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Sinstriker's Will
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Unquestioned Authority

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Bounty Board
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x General's Kabuto
• 1x Mardu Banner
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pathway Arrows
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Vorpal Sword

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Flame Fusillade
• 1x Legions to Ashes
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

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Creature (2)

• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat

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Aim

I've been wanting to play around with the monarch mechanic and a deck that focuses heavily on removal to enable 'politicking' which fits with that theme and Queen Marchesa seems the ideal commander for this.

The deck aims to establish a board presence where opponents are discouraged from attacking me via blockers with deathtouch or the fear of instant removal as a response.

Once the deck's defences are established the monarch mechanic enables card advantage allowing it to play cards which punish opponents for me retaining the monarch i.e. the 'Court of...' collection.

A main theme is to attach a "tap: deal X damage" enchantment such as Arcane Teachings onto a creature with deathtouch. This enables repeatable removal of creatures in response to being attacked or when large creature-based threats are played prior to an opponent being able to protect them.

Artifacts or enchantments either aim to protect smaller creatures with deathtouch by making them indestructible or provide deathtouch to creatures without it. For example, adding deathtouch to something such as Deathbringer Thoctar enables me to clear the entire board of opponents creatures.

Quietus Spike, Virtus the Veiled, Unstoppable Slasher, and Grievous Wound provide significant life loss for an opponent to accelerate a win.

Top Ranked	Achieved #8 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #5 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Budget 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Casual 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	6 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Spirit 1/1 W, The Monarch, Treasure
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