Resilient Black Rose

Commander / EDH* Counters Multiplayer Sacrifice UBR (Grixis)

TheRheX

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x High Market
• 1x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent

Creature (28)

• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Iron Apprentice
• 1x Kalain, Reclusive Painter
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Scorn-Blade Berserker
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Thran Vigil
• 1x Uncivil Unrest
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 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 Spawning Pit
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x The Ozolith

Instant (9)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Lethal Scheme
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Sideboard

Creature (14)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Faerie Bladecrafter
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Steel Dromedary
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Urborg Scavengers
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x The One Ring

Instant (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x First Day of Class
• 1x Undying Evil

Land (3)

• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Enchantment (1)

• 1x The Meathook Massacre

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Maybeboard

Creature (46)

• 1x Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 2x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Fulminator Mage
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Obsidian Charmaw
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Thought Sponge
• 1x Thundering Raiju
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Voldaren Thrillseeker

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Descendants' Fury
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Wizard Class

Sorcery (10)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Seize the Spotlight

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Instant (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystic Reflection
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Village Rites

Land (9)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Drannith Ruins
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Nesting Grounds
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x River of Tears

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Claws of Gix
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Scroll of Fate
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Do you enjoy playing creatures without having to worry about boardwipes? Then this might be the deck for you!

How Marchesa works

This deck uses Marchesas ability to bring back all our creatures from the grave that had +1/+1 counters on them when they died (including herself).

Some creatures come with built-in counters, others are provided counters via Marchesas "Dethrone Aura" or cards like Unspeakable Symbol.

Sacrifice-outlets like Phyrexian Altar / Goblin Bombardment / Viscera Seer help us abuse Marchesas last ability aswell as the inherent revival abilities (Persist / Undying).

That way we can:

• generate value by triggering ETB-Effects multiple times

• steal our opponents creatures permanently (gain control until end of turn -> give them counters -> sac them -> they return to the battlefield under our permanent control)

• and even deal infinite amounts of damage via Glen Elendra Archmage + Goblin Bombardment + Spark Double or Murderous Redcap + Spark Double + Sac-outlet. (...if your playgroup is cool with that - I try to avoid them)

In order for Dethrone to trigger we have to make sure we're not the player with the highest life total. Pain lands / Yawgmoth, Thran Physician / Unspeakable Symbol etc. help us manage our life total.

How I built the deck

The idea is to quickly establish a boardstate that is resilient aginst removal, pressures our opponents and creates value by abusing ETB-triggers.

Since we don't have access to green we have to rely on mana-rocks for our ramp. I try to be active early on in the game so I focus on mana-rocks that cost 2 mana or less.

Marchesa both provides my creatures with stats to hit harder while also keeping them save with her ability. That makes har a crucial part of the strategy so we need to make sure she can't be removed easily. We do that by by keeping up counterspells and by giving her +1/+1 counters while having a sac-outlet ready.

It's a really fun deck that I've been playing for over three years now and that I am constantly tweaking.

I'd say its powerlevel is somewhere around the 75% mark if you consider 90-100% to be the top tier, competitive EDH-decks. It could be stronger if we added more tutors and combos but that usually leads to more repetitive games that end abruptly.

I'm not running Underground Sea, Badlands or Volcanic Island, but this List ist still on the higher end of the budget with lots of cards at 20$ or more. Feel free to ask me about possible replacements for cards you don't own.

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If a card is marked as "signed" it means I'm debating to replace it, cards in the sideboard are possible replacements.

I will be constantly updating this list while I play it.

You can sort by "custom" to see the different categories I placed the cards in.

The Deck ist constantly evolving - I'm always open for suggestions :)

Date added	6 years
Last updated	7 months
Key combos	Glen Elendra Archmage + Goblin Bombardment + Spark Double Murderous Redcap + Spark Double
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 8 Mythic Rares 58 - 16 Rares 19 - 4 Uncommons 11 - 3 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Bird 1/1 W, Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden, Goat 0/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink