Marchesa's Ideal

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

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Land (37)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (10)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Enchantment (25)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Aurification
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Form of the Dragon
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Porphyry Nodes
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Solemnity
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Suppression Field

Instant (7)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wear / Tear

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (7)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sun Titan

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 2x Possibility Storm
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Stony Silence

Creature (2)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood

Land (2)

• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Maze of Ith

Instant (1)

• 1x Red Elemental Blast

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Ethereal Absolution
• 1x Greater Auramancy
• 1x Humility
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x The Eldest Reborn

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Creature (4)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Windborn Muse

Artifact (1)

• 1x Norn's Annex

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A focused Queen Marchesa (long may she reign) Enchantments Deck

How to Play the Deck?

Step 1: Grind the game out

Step 2: Cast Enduring Ideal

Step 3: ????

Step 4: Win

But Actually, How do I Win?

The deck is very grindy and slow. The goal is to slow the game down, and win through incremental value. There are no I win cards in this deck (unless you count Gisela, Blade of Goldnight). So while the 4 step plan written above may have been a joke, it is generally how the deck wins. You generally wait until 1 or 2 players are out of the game, and your other opponents are running out of gas, then cast Enduring Ideal and just fill step 3 with getting one of the locks listed below. Then finally you useRite of the Raging Storm, Luminarch Ascension, Dreadhorde Invasion, Assemble the Legion or Form of the Dragon to overwhelm your opponents.

Combos/ Locks/ Synergies:

Phyrexian Unlife + Solemnity = You Cant Lose

Phyrexian Unlife + Form of the Dragon = 5 Hp padding every round

Possibility Storm + Rule of Law = Players cant cast spells from hand

Solitary Confinement + Necropotence + card:Form of the Drago = Cant take damage or be targeted

Tips and Tricks:

1) Its not always a good idea to try and get the monarch. Being the monarch makes you a target, and in the early game your goal is to lie low.

2) Hall of Heliod's Generosity is an all star in the deck. Not only does it give you enchantment recursion which is rare, but it also works allows you to put enchantments back into your deck to be refetched with Enduring Ideal. (That is also why Mistveil Plains is in the deck)

3) Expedition Map is there to mostly get Cabal Coffers or Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, but can also get any utility land that you need

4) While the deck is mostly and enchantments deck the deck runs a Sunforger package, so dont be afraid to tutor it out with Enlightened Tutor if you need lots of removal

Cards that are Out of my Budget:

These are cards that if I had them I would add to the deck, but they too expensive for me to buy Greater Auramancy, Humility, No Mercy, Grand Abolisher

What are the cards doing in my sideboard:

I put cards that I am thinking of adding to the deck into my sideboard. The cards in the maybeboard are cards that I either took out of the deck at some point, thought about putting in but decided against it, or did not put in for budget reasons

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 8 Rares 26 - 2 Uncommons 6 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Elephant 3/3 G, Elemental 5/1 R, Soldier 1/1 RW, Monarch Emblem, Treasure