Queen Marchesa's Bloody Reign

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

CaptainLick

Defense (17)

• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gideon of the Trials
• 1x Hundred-Handed One
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Protector of the Crown
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Windborn Muse

Card Draw (10)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Succumb to Temptation

Board Wipe (4)

• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Removal (17)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Spectral Grasp
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice

Ramp (9)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Utility (4)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Mother of Runes

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 12x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Throne of the High City

Win Con (5)

• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Queen Marchesa

"Those who seize power must have the means to hold it."

Marchesa's Decree

My plan is to become the Monarch and stay the Monarch, allowing me to draw 2 cards per turn. To do this I have a lot of defensive strategies in the deck.

As the Monarch, the other jealous players will probably focus their attention towards me. I have many ways to make allies. The goal is to get the attention away from me and onto someone else while I quietly draw twice as many cards.

I want to be an inconspicuous ruler, which means laying low until the time is most opportune to strike. That's why many of my blockers are flyers, reachers, deathtouchers, etc. I will even deplete my own life, with card draw spells, to keep attention away from me.

While my squabbling enemies are weakening each other and my defenses are up, I will be busy plotting away, setting up my board with buffs through card draw. I will give my creatures haste, double strike, and trample in preparation for the big attack.

When the time is right and my remaining enemies (and allies) are on the brink of death, I will suddenly strike with big attackers that have been hiding in my hand up until then. They will all have buffs, thus dealing massive damage in one swing.

After that, I will be unstoppable.

Comment if you have any strategical suggestions or card replacement ideas.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #13 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Dragon 5/5 R, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Ogre 3/3 R, Plant 0/2 G, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem
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