Queen Marchesa: better not to attack her

Commander / EDH Aikido Death and Taxes Midrange Multiplayer RBW (Mardu)

Ste3u

Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Wound Reflection

Creature (18)

• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Knight of the White Orchid
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Artifact (11)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Sunforger

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Despark
• 1x Fork
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Backlash
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Delirium
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Inkshield

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fumigate

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Havoc Festival

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Hi everyone, this is the first deck I publish and it would be great to get advice on improving it. Let's start by saying that it is not designed for competitive tables, but for a medium level meta, with games that can last a long time. The purpose of this deck is to defend yourself by discouraging your opponents from attacking you. This through cards like:

• No Mercy

• Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

• Deflecting Palm

• ...

At the same time, the strategy is to slow down the game and deal a lot of damage to your opponents over the course of turns. This through:

• Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

• Exsanguinate

• Disrupt Decorum

• Wound Reflection

• ...

There are also other fun cards like Reverberate that can copy opponent's wincons.

In summary, the purpose of the deck is to defend yourself, to heavily punish anyone who wants to attack you and to hit at the right time causing a lot of damage. In the sideboard I inserted cards that prove useful against decks with many counters ( Red Elemental Blast , Pyroblast ) and against decks that tend to play many creatures ( Fumigate ).

I thank anyone who wants to help me improve it.

Top Ranked	Achieved #49 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #38 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Midrange 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 1 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 3 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Inkling 2/1 WB, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch, Treasure
Folders	Queen Marchesa