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My take on Marchesa inspired by other politics builds. It is for large multiplayer games: I added political cards, pillowfort, some taxs effect and hate cards. I wanted to avoid going full stax or including infinite combos, because it ruins the fun. I also started to include an enchantress subtheme. I had fun playing with it in casual groups, even in some competitive groups. But I have a feeling that this deck still needs some tuning. Any advice are welcome.

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I played several 3 pod multiplayer games last week. (a less than 4 player game is usually bad for the deck) The first one is a free for all against a voltron and a dimir. I won that with damage prevention and Starfield of Nyx. The second was a diplomacy against Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire and the same dimir player. The game quickly became an archenemy, I killed Vaevictis a several times, but the guy was ramped hard, so our lands were screwed. In the second game, we had a draw after an hour of grind. So I made some changes based on the experience:

  • I need more ways to deal with annoying commanders and Targaryen dragons. So I removed Damping Sphere and added Gideon's Intervention. I have tax effects to deal with infinite combos.
  • Bitterblossom is not so useful beside chump block and taking back the monarch. I added Grave Titan, because it is a better token engine and also a dumb beater, like Ser Gregor Clegane.
  • Monarch matters cards: I cut Custodi Lich, because it only hits one player. Usually I want to put the monarch in play once, so I don't really need it's triggered ability. I try Twilight Prophet instead. It is a draw engine, a flyer and a wincon, so overall a better card. I keep Skyline Despot for a while, but I add Dragonmaster Outcast in the maybeboard to replace it.
  • I left out some important cards from the manabase, like Bojuka Bog so I added them.
  • Exquisite Blood is a good card, but it also makes me the target and doesn't win the game. I try out Wound Reflection, because it can be really painful with extort and tax effects.
  • Skysovereign, Consul Flagship - It adds nothing to the game plan, but it was surprisingly useful. I keep that for a while and I add Champion's Helm and Mother of Runes to the maybeboard, because some extra protection for my creatures would be nice.
  • Also, I'm a huge fan of the new C18 card Xantcha, Sleeper Agentfoil. It's not the strongest card, awful against sac engines, but the flavor is perfect for this deck.

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 5 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

12 - 0 Mythic Rares

44 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

3 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.70
Tokens Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, City's Blessing, Dragon 5/5 R, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Lightning Rager, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch, Zombie 2/2 B
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