Murders and Acquisitions (Marchesa Superiority)

Commander / EDH Control Multiplayer Tempo UBR (Grixis)

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Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Geyadrone Dihada
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Creature (26)

• 1x Akki Battle Squad
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Danny Pink
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Fell Stinger
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Keldon Firebombers
• 1x Kethek, Crucible Goliath
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Unforgiving One
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Thran Vigil
• 1x Uncivil Unrest
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 1x Skyclave Shadowcat
• 1x Tesak, Judith's Hellhound
• 1x Towashi Guide-Bot

Land (1)

• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord

Instant (1)

• 1x Plumb the Forbidden

Unknown (1)

• 1x Power Play

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Industrial Advancement

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Goblin Grenadiers
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Thundering Raiju

Land (4)

• 1x Barbarian Ring
• 1x Cabal Pit
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Diamond Valley

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Feed the Swarm

Instant (2)

• 1x Gather Specimens
• 1x Ripples of Potential

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Treachery

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Marchesa is hard to define as no Commander really operates on the same lines. Sometimes I feel like Marchesa is too good for casual but not good enough for competitive. She's really fun and interactive, with a lot of neat and unusual card interactions. Because her trigger is a delayed trigger she makes your wraths one-sided and your opponents' wraths don't set you back at all. The mana constraints can be difficult, which is why I run a lot of artifact and land fixing. The deck performs drastically different when you resolve Sneak Attack, becoming a lot more reactionary and controlling,

There is a small Wizards subtheme to the deck, so cards like Sage of Fables and Metallic Mimic can help you get immediate and constant value out of your Wizards, which Marchesa conveniently happens to be. Glen Elandra gives you reusable counterspells. This is the only deck I actually like Disciple of Bolas in, and here he is a CHAMP. Because of the nature of Marchesas Dethrone trigger, you want to be able to keep yourself at a low life total. Disciple is one of the only ways to gain life, but he can pull you right back from the brink. The raw draw power is incredible too.

This deck is very weak to any sort of constant 'Yard hate. Cards like Anafenza, Scooze or even Deathrite can shut us down. One shot 'Yard removal can be played around by trying to force their hand without going all in. Another weakness to the deck is the small pieces are so synergistic that it requires things to be working for it to really work well. Late game top decking can be very hard to catch back up. Another issue with the deck is it can be so grindy and irritating to opponents that they will see you as a bigger threat than you potentially are, and the table will work together to try to take you out.

Essentially, the gameplan here is to do what we do, and take full advantage of Marchesa and her wonderful ability. There is a possibility to steal a missing wincon from your opponents' deck, so keep your eyes open, and you Thalakos Deceiver closer. ;)

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Date added	5 years
Last updated	8 months
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 67 - 4 Rares 7 - 5 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.26
Tokens	Copy Clone, Thrull 0/1 B, Treasure
Folders	EDH, EDH Decks, EDH matchups, DEcks, Marchesa
Based on	Marchesa Casual/Competitive axelrodgunnerson EDH