Queen Marchesa: The Queen of Control & Stax

Commander / EDH Control Pillow Fort RBW (Mardu) Stax

chellethedork

Land (34)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 2x Mountain
• 4x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Throne of the High City

Instant (12)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vindicate

Artifact (14)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Sunforger

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Protector of the Crown
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Throne Warden
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Windborn Muse

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Stolen Strategy

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"Those who seize power must have the means to hold it." - Queen Marchesa

About This Deck

This deck is built around Queen Marchesa being the monarch. Like many other Queen Marchesa decks, this deck is control, stax, and pillowfort. Overtime of playing Marchesa, I've grown to like playing her in a more control way.

This deck can be played in a more aggressive way but, this is what I've come to like with this specific deck. This is deck is built to work the group of people I play with, which is more creature based.

Win Conditions

Some big hitters such as Skyline Despot and Debt to the Deathless can seal out a game while grinding out your opponents.

If you have enough creatures to attack or another way to win with damage, using a board wipe like Decree of Pain and Teferi's Protection will help wipe everyone else's board. You'll have to wait until the following turn to attack if you are using creatures to win.

Aquire

This is a list of cards that I am either considering getting for this deck or am planning on obtaining in the future to add.

• Arid Mesa
• Badlands
• Enlightened Tutor
• Land Tax
• Marsh Flats
• No Mercy
• Plateau
• Sorin Markov
• Thought Vessel
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• Vampiric Tutor

End Goal

My end goal for this deck is for it to simply be a control deck. This deck is my first major deck and control decks are more up my ally, especially for Queen Marchesa. If you want a deck that is similar in style to this deck but has more going on, I highly suggest the following decks:

• Queen Marchesa: Politics, Aikido, and Control

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.44
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Dragon 5/5 R, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem
Folders	My Decks, EDH Decks