Marchesa, the Rose Thief

Commander / EDH*

Recliner_Tim

Land (38)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x High Market
• 4x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (7)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Gather Specimens
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Word of Seizing

Creature (22)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Conquering Manticore
• 1x Disciple of Griselbrand
• 1x Dominus of Fealty
• 1x Fallen Angel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Novijen Sages
• 1x Ravenous Harpy
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Viscera Seer

Artifact (12)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Limits of Solidarity
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Lose Calm
• 1x Malevolent Whispers
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Portent of Betrayal
• 1x Traitorous Blood
• 1x Traitorous Instinct
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Wrangle

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Greed
• 1x Might Makes Right
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

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Steal your opponent's creatures with Act of Treason effects, then either take advantage of Marchesa's Dethrone effect or use other methods to put counters on the stolen creatures. Sacrifice them before the end of the turn, and watch as your opponents say a permanent goodbye to their creature, as it is now permanently yours due to Marchesa's interesting wording on her final ability.Greed may seem inefficient at first, but damaging yourself is advantageous in this deck, as you never want to be at the highest life total, because it will turn off all of your dethrone triggers.Unspeakable Symbol is one of the best cards in the deck, providing a way to damage yourself (which we already want) to put counters on stolen creatures.Mark of Mutiny is the perfect treason effect in this deck, as it places a counter on the creature you takeMight Makes Right is a card I don't see in a lot of Marchesa lists, but one I think is perfect for a deck built around +1/+1 counter synergy, as it has the side effect of often causing you to have the highest power creature on the boardConjurer's Closet is another card with interesting wording like Marchesa. Instead of saying "...return the exiled card under its owner's control," it says "...return the exiled card under your control." which means that a card exiled at the end step with Conjurer's Closet will permanently stay under your control.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B