Fioran Politics

Commander / EDH Multiplayer Pillow Fort RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick

Silverdrake

The Kingdom (42)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Victory Chimes

Her Enemies Will Pay (10)

• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Captive Audience
• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Deflecting Palm *f-pre*
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Overwhelming Splendor
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Thought Distortion
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver

Long Live The Queen! (18)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Archon of Absolution
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Deflecting Palm *f-pre*
• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Island Sanctuary
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Windborn Muse

Defend The Queen (16)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

The Game Of War (4)

• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Head Games

Commander (1)

Lords And Ladies Of The Court (17)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Archon of Absolution
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Hunted Dragon
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Hunted Lammasu
• 1x Hunted Nightmare
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Her Allies Will Prosper (16)

• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Hunted Dragon
• 1x Hunted Horror
• 1x Hunted Lammasu
• 1x Hunted Nightmare
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Pendant of Prosperity
• 1x Spectral Searchlight
• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Torment

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Ah, to be royalty - nothing feels quite like it. This deck is an homage to that feeling.

This deck is unique in that it requires a bit of roleplay to enjoy fully - when you pilot it, your primary goal is to become the monarch (AKA Queen Bitch) and remain the monarch for the entirety of the game. Winning is a secondary concern.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!

Since the only way to steal the crown from us is to deal combat damage to us, we have to do our best to prevent that from happening. The most straightforward way to do this is by pillowforting! Tax the hell out of any potential attackers with Archangel of Tithes, Archon of Absolution, Baird, Steward of Argive, Ghostly Prison, Koskun Falls, Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs, Norn's Annex, Sphere of Safety, and Windborn Muse. We can also just persuade them not to attack without taxing them using No Mercy, Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts, and Stuffy Doll. If we're lucky we may even be able to lock players out of attacking us at all with Orzhov Advokist or Island Sanctuary!

DEFEND THE QUEEN!

It's possible our opponents find a way around our fort of pillows, so we come prepared with a suite of the finest Mardu removal spells to back ourselves up. Being in Mardu gives us access to white's exile and wrath effects, Rakdos planeswalker destruction, and Orzhov permanent destruction. No problematic permanent sticks long if we don't want it to!

HER ENEMIES WILL PAY!

Even with our suite of exceptional removal and out pillowforting package, our opponents may be tempted to try to take the crown from us. We can manipulate their fear by threatening huge targetted plays, and we can make an example out of those foolish enough to try and take it from us. Captive Audience, Curse of Bloodletting, Overwhelming Splendor, Thought Distortion, and Cruel Reality aren't generally seen in commander decks since their single-target nature makes them less effective in the primarily multiplayer format. We use that to our advantage here though, relying less on their effects and more on the fear they evoke. When an opponent knows you're capable of setting them back to the stone age while leaving yourself (AND their other opponents!) intact, they're much more likely to avoid you and treat your itneractions carefully. Stuffy Doll and Xantcha, Sleeper Agent achieve the same effect on a much smaller scale. These can be dumped on someone who destroyed your creature rather than stole the crown, just to show the table you mean business.

HER ALLIES WILL PROSPER!

Tyrannical dictators that do nothing but punish their subjects tend to be overthrown and/or murdered violently. We don't want either of those things, so we have to balance our cruel targetted punishments with exceptional targetted gifts. Opponents who help us defend our crown, or who actively work against other opponents rather than us, can find themselves on the recieving end of magnificent gifts such as tokens from Hunted Dragon, Hunted Horror, Hunted Lammasu, or Forbidden Orchard. We can grant them mana when they need it with Victory Chimes and Spectral Searchlight, or card advantage with Bloodgift Demon, Xantcha, Sleeper Agent, and Pendant of Prosperity.

THE GAME OF WAR

If our opponents are clever, they may stop and realize that we're playing them like fools. In order to stop that from happening (and stop them from ganging up on us), we need to... 'encourage' a little chaos. Cards like Disrupt Decorum, Boros Battleshaper, Rite of the Raging Storm, Xantcha, Sleeper Agent, and Crown of Doom either encourage or force our opponents to attack each other. This stirs the waters of retaliation, and soon your opponents will have forgotten about you and will be at each other's throats. Council's Judgment and Head Games all allow us to manipulate what kind of interaction gets played, by who, and on what. This serves to stir the waters even more, which is exactly what we want.

LORDS AND LADIES OF THE COURT

Every kingdom needs a court, and every court needs lords and ladies to fill it and talk about royal things like the superior horse breed and which side cutlery goes on and how best to murder your political opposition. Every creature in here serves a dual purpose - they either fit one of the aforementioned categories, or they have some ability to massively swing a multiplayer game in your favor like Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Sepulchral Primordial, or Molten Primordial

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.91
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Horror 4/4 B, Knight 2/2 W w/ First Strike, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem, Zombie 2/2 B
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