Machinations of the Black Rose

Commander / EDH Counters Sacrifice UBR (Grixis)

Aneximines

Land (38)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Blazemire Verge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Hammerheim
• 5x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nesting Grounds
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Funding (9)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 1x Gilded Lotus

Cunning (4)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Sneak Attack

Tribute (13)

• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Nesting Grounds
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Iron Apprentice
• 1x Tarrian's Soulcleaver
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Helium Squirter
• 1x Uncivil Unrest

Schemes (10)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Scorn-Blade Berserker
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Inevitable Betrayal
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Archpriest of Shadows

Catalyst (9)

• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

Viciousness (7)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Voldaren Thrillseeker
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star

Commander (1)

Material (11)

• 1x Iron Apprentice
• 1x Scorn-Blade Berserker
• 1x Arcbound Stinger
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Voldaren Thrillseeker
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Archpriest of Shadows
• 1x Helium Squirter
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound

Turbine (10)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Tarrian's Soulcleaver
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Funeral Room / Awakening Hall
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Exclusion (6)

• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Anarchy
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Thraximundar

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Maybeboard

Other (22)

• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Vebulid
• 1x Amok
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Hissing Iguanar
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Clockwork Condor
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Evernight Shade
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Fierce Invocation
• 1x Magmasaur
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Swarm of Bloodflies
• 1x Vengeful Vampire
• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Triskelavus
• 1x Vampiric Dragon

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The deck plans to exploit Marchesa's recursion ability with sacrifice outlets and triggered abilities.

The instant-speed sacrifice outlets let me trigger the abilities during each player's turn, and also keep my creatures safe from exile and theft effects (except for split second).

Creatures that supply their own +1/+1 counters are handy, since this color combination has few ways to grant +1/+1 counters. There are some ways, though, and I'm glad to get them because dethrone sometimes doesn't work, and Marchesa has to get a counter for herself from somewhere. Keiga likes them, too.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.98
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Copy Clone, Human Soldier 1/1 W