Marchesa Aristocrats

Commander / EDH* Budget Casual UBR (Grixis)

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Other (37)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 4x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Stax (4)

• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Hasteenabler (2)

• 1x Fervor
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Removal (10)

• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fulminator Mage
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Torch Fiend

Sacoutlet (10)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Manaramp (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Threaten (3)

• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Olivia Voldaren

Tutor (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Commander (1)

Carddraw (9)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Counters (8)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Recursion (5)

• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reef Worm

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Sideboard

Other (10)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dragon Blood
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Greed
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Trading Post

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general idea:

keep off the throne, get down a sac outlet, steal other people's creatures and get counters on them with dethrone, then sac them to keep them forever. alternately, keep opponents' creature counts in check with recurrable removal like Big Game Hunter and Nekrataal along with cards like Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos (the deck is sort of evenly divided right now; more threaten effects like Mark of Mutiny and Slave of Bolas would enhance the stealing theme, while creatures like Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner and Slum Reaper would provide additional recurrable removal. See possible additions below for more ideas.

notes:

the custom categories play loose with definitions but the concept should be clear.

this was originally created around the 7x9 concept, with the nine 7-card packages broken down as: 2x threaten, 2x sac outlet, 1x counters, 1x removal, 1x mana ramp, 1x stax/sac-shutdown and 1x etc (tutors, haste enablers, etc).

possible (currently-owned) additions:

mana & lands: Evolving Wilds, Commander's Sphere, Darksteel Ingot, Wayfarer's Bauble, Rakdos Signet, Obelisk of Grixis, Esper Panorama, Jund Panorama, Shimmering Grotto

boardwipes and removal: Noxious Gearhulk, Dreadbore, Nevinyrral's Disk, Bearer of the Heavens, Hythonia the Cruel, Extinguish All Hope, Profaner of the Dead, Destructive Force, Dreadbore

threaten effects: Slave of Bolas, Molten Primordial, Press into Service, Zealous Conscripts, Conquering Manticore, Roil Elemental, Beguiler of Wills, Enthralling Victor, Harness by Force, Grab the Reins, Ray of Command, Threaten

self-hurt: Souldrinker, Nightmare Lash

counters: Dragon Blood, novigen sages

sac outlets: Tymaret, the Murder King, Altar of Dementia

card draw: Rune-Scarred Demon, Harvester of Souls, Greed

other: Trading Post, Hammer of Purphoros, Archaeomancer, Counterspell, Rogue's Passage, Mer-Ek Nightblade (+ Olivia Voldaren for removal combo)

things to think about:

-enchantment removal is a problem, Liquimetal Coating plus more artifact removal such as reckless reveller may help with that, as well as blue return-to-hand and counterspells...?

-perhaps swap out the threaten spells for more creatures with ETB threaten effects such as Conquering Manticore and Enthralling Victor, and put in creatures with etb steal effects plus some ETB bounce guys like Separatist Voidmage and Ancestral Statue?

-change to a stronger stax-ish sacrifice/discard theme with Oona's Blackguard, Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner, Slum Reaper, Sadistic Hypnotist, Liliana's Specter and Dauthi Mindripper? i'm worried about the 'fun' of that; somehow i feel that my playgroup would rather play a creature and have it stolen rather than not be able to even cast a creature...

-or tone down the stealing theme and just roll out some more undying guys like Pyreheart Wolf and Vengeful Vampire for general grixis goodstuff with counters stupport?

to-buy

better manabase, Toxic Deluge, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Grave Titan

Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 47 - 7 Rares 22 - 2 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Fish 3/3 U, Goat 0/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Kraken 9/9 U, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure, Whale 6/6 U, Zombie 2/2 B
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