Marchesa, Dethrone

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats Infinite Combo UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (29)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Judith, the Scourge Diva
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tattered Mummy
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (4)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Commander (1)

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Ponder

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Creature (6)

• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1x Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
• 1x Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Vindictive Vampire

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Toxic Deluge

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First rule of the Dethrone Club, don't be on the Throne.

Probably my favourite deck to play, I almost always have fun except for when I'm also playing against another aristocrats deck, then it gets weird and slow.

If anybody can help make this deck faster I'd very much appreciate it. If I have enough life mid to late game I have no problems but because it has so many big mana movies early game is very slow and sluggish.

How This Deck Works Show

The idea when making this deck is pretty basic. Get +1/+1 counters on your creatures (either through Dethrone (easiest) or other means, sacrifice them and then have them come back to have this sudo immortal army.

With this in mind my main goal when building this deck was simple: have sacrifice outlets, have death triggers and have ETB triggers, since, ideally, these will all happen on your turn and, if the cards are right, you can stack a bunch of damage and hopefully kill somebody or bend them to your mercy.

Weaknesses and How to Overcome Them Show

If Marchesa, the Black Rose gets sniped enough its just not worth putting her in the command zone. There are a few counter measures to ensure she doesn't die, but there are ways to get around those too.

I've also run into the issue where I don't have enough life to do anything really, there are some things in here that get around that but investing too much into Bolas's Citadel can be dangerous (or drawing it when you have six or so life lol). I'm pretty sure I've killed myself with this deck more than my friends have killed me when playing against it.

This deck can also be quite slow, I went easy with the mana rocks to place other good utilities, but there should be enough repeatable tutors for you to spend time/life getting anything you might need out of the deck.

Infinite Combo explanation Show

Tap Cauldron of Souls sacrifice Dross Scorpion, use Dross Scorpion to untap Tap Cauldron of Souls. Sacrifice Dross Scorpion, this time let Mikaeus, the Unhallowed trigger to bring back Dross Scorpion and just keep repeating.

You'll have an extra Dross Scorpion trigger, so you can use that to untap Sol Ring and kill everybody with either Exsanguinate (I find it pretty unreliable to try to set this up but it is here if you're desperate) or have Zulaport Cutthroat trigger a bunch to passively kill everybody (you can use any of the cards that have do damage when a creature dies or ETB's trigger to kill everybody, Zulaport Cutthroat is just the easiest imo).

Upgrades/Alternatives Show

Nevinyrral's Disk upgrades to Toxic Deluge

Aether Gale upgrades to Cyclonic Rift

Chainer, Nightmare Adept can be useful if you have Mikaeus, the Unhallowed or Cauldron of Souls out, but he doesn't par with Marchesa, the Black Rose's ability since they come back at the beginning of the end step, so giving them haste isn't that great and we already have Phyrexian Reclamation for graveyard recursion without having to discard.

If you find you need more +1/+1 counters or want an easier/combo way to get them Goblin Assault Team really helps, but I don't find it necessary myself, also this is a very mana-expensive deck so just adding in another 4 drop to me doesn't seem worth it.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Morph 2/2 C, Rat 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Treasure