Marchesa wants what Marchesa wants

Commander / EDH Combo Control UBR (Grixis)

Kroxloq

Creature (34)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Conquering Manticore
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dominus of Fealty
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x High Market
• 6x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Instant (3)

• 1x Cauldron Dance
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Rakdos Charm

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Vandalblast

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Creature (33)

• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Descendant of Soramaro
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Marchesa's Smuggler
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mephidross Vampire
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (15)

• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Underground River

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Helm of Possession
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Hours
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Press into Service
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Fallen Ideal
• 1x Greed
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Soul Ransom
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Instant (7)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Spinal Embrace
• 1x Through the Breach
• 1x Urborg Justice
• 1x Word of Seizing

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Decided to create a deck in colors I don't normally run and Marchesa seemed fun! Abusing her creative "reanimation" effect, +1/+1 counters, steal effects, and life total manipulation (mine and opponents) to ensure Dethrone can keep triggering.

Due to how her "return to the battlefield" effect is worded I tried to focus on stealing an opponents creature, swing, trigger Dethrone, then sac it out to prevent it to returning to their control. Steal creatures forever!

For this strategy to work, I need reliable sacrifice outlets. Spawning Pit, Bloodflow Connoisseur, Dimir House Guard and many others. Once a creature is stolen and has a +1/+1 counter on it...there is no escape!

Steal suite includes staples like Molten Primordial, Zealous Conscripts, Conquering Manticore and other creatures. I tried to stack as many good "Enters the Battlefield" effects on creatures as I could to abuse them once again on re-entry.

About triggering Dethrone reliably: I added Erebos, God of the Dead and some pay-in-life conditions, Unspeakable Symbol and Treasonous Ogre to knock myself down to just below an opponents life total if needed.

Some big damage combos that may happen...Flayer of the Hatebound and Warstorm Surge. Marchesa's ability also works well with Decree of Pain getting around the "no regenerate" clause.

I feel this is a high CMC deck, so plenty of mana fixing and rocks help out. Chromatic Lantern, Gilded Lotus, etc, standard suite of EDH ramp for these colors. Cabal Coffers and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth can hit big mana too.

This deck will probably evolve over time, but looking forward to play testing it in this state currently!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.34
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Whale 6/6 U