Marchesa dethroned Exava

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Control UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (29)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Blood Bairn
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Conquering Manticore
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Nucklavee
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sapphire Drake
• 1x Scorched Rusalka
• 1x Scribe of the Mindful
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Artifact (5)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Obelisk of Grixis
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Ring of Xathrid
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Land (38)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Caldera Lake
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Terminal Moraine
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Underground River

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Threaten
• 1x Traitorous Blood

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Act of Aggression
• 1x Broken Concentration
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Convolute
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Negate
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Spinal Embrace
• 1x Turn Aside

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Greed
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vicious Shadows

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Creature (1)

• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch

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Hello everyone!

Ideas based off of: BudgetMTGDecks Budget Marchesa, the Black Rose http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/budget-marchesa-the-black-rose/

This is my third EDH deck and is the first in 3 colours. I originally wanted Exava to be the cmdr but it was difficult figuring out how survive or win. I wanted to prevent opponent's actions. Along came Marchesa.

Changes compared to base:

1. Removed some of the creatures

2. Added counter spells

3. Added more betrayal cards

I found the original deck difficult to cast things due to the high mana cost and I didn't like that blue spells were not used more.

My revisions should allow you to get the colour and mana needed to start playing. The lands cards are from stuff I got and I tried to bring the mana cost down.

You are likely to take a beating in the beginning when playing against speedier decks but this helps Marchesa's dethrone ability.

The objective is to borrow opponent's creatures, give them a counter, and then sac them.

Appreciate your feedback and experience.

Sources & ideas:

Lokotor http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/05-01-16-marchesa/ (GREAT explanations and upgrades!)

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Folders	+1 Budget Commander Non-Budget, EDH, Neat Decks