Killing Ourselves To Live (Budget Marchesa)

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (36)

• 1x Arcbound Stinger
• 1x Bearer of the Heavens
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Cemetery Puca
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Helium Squirter
• 1x Hellhole Flailer
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Molten Hydra
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x Qarsi High Priest
• 1x Rage Forger
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer

Land (39)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x High Market
• 10x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (5)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Terminate

Commander (1)

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Anarchy
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Traitorous Blood

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Sideboard

Creature (14)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Arcbound Slith
• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Ashling the Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Augur
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Sedraxis Alchemist
• 1x Soldevi Adnate
• 1x Thunderscape Apprentice
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad

Artifact (4)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Jinxed Idol
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Smokestack

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Sadistic Glee

Instant (1)

• 1x AEtherize

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Press into Service

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Frontline Sage
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Scavenger Drake
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spawnbroker
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Divine Sacrament
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Xenograft

Land (1)

• 1x Crypt of the Eternals

Artifact (4)

• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Smokestack

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Victimize

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A work-in-progress sac machine with the better Marchesa. Marchesa's greatest strength in this deck is that she allows you to get creatures with counters back at the end of the turn. Sac your creatures at instant speed to protect from board wipes, sac for mana, sac for removal, sac during your opponents' turns, and get it all back at the end.

This deck needs more protection for Marchesa, draw, and spot removal - it's currently mostly just goodstuff. Also it needs a non-budget version.

Note to fellow Marchesa players: Greater Gargadon is ridiculously good in this deck. You need sac outlets for this deck, and he's an impossible-to-target sac outlet who turns into a 9/9 as a bonus.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 3 Mythic Rares 31 - 6 Rares 20 - 5 Uncommons 20 - 7 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Fish 3/3 U, Horror */* B, Kraken 9/9 U, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Whale 6/6 U, Zombie 2/2 B