Killing Ourselves To Live (Marchesa)

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (32)

• 1x Arcbound Slith
• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Bearer of the Heavens
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hellhole Flailer
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x High Market
• 8x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Strip Mine
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Instant (8)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Ozolith

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Mark of Mutiny

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Shifting Shadow

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Sideboard

Creature (15)

• 1x AEther Adept
• 1x Arcbound Slith
• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Sedraxis Alchemist
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Jinxed Idol
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (3)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Ray of Command

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Anarchy
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traitorous Blood

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vampiric Rites

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Frontline Sage
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Scavenger Drake
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spawnbroker
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Divine Sacrament
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Xenograft

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Land (1)

• 1x Crypt of the Eternals

Artifact (4)

• 1x Deathrender
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Smokestack

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Press into Service
• 1x Victimize

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Welcome to the Sac Machine with Marchesa, where the goal is to kill your own creatures to generate value. With plenty of creature-based and spell-based removal, your opponents should have a hard time getting any creatures to last on their board. Here are the components to get your engine up and running:

Win Cons

The good stuff first, hehe. You have two main win lines: 1. Build a slow board state, then pull something not so nuts: Chasm Skulker + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 2. Board wipe Bearer of the Heavens 3. Lots of recursion Flayer of the Hatebound

Fodder for the machine

Lots of undying and graft creatures.

Sac outlets

Sac your creatures for value and fun. It's the Grixis way.

Notes on how to play Marchesa

1. You can sac during your opponent's turn too 2. If you have multiple things that trigger on your end step, you can choose the order to resolve them.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 4 Mythic Rares 36 - 14 Rares 21 - 7 Uncommons 13 - 8 Commons
Cards	97
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Fish 3/3 U, Horror */* B, Kraken 9/9 U, Morph 2/2 C, Servo 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Treasure, Whale 6/6 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Killing Ourselves To Live (Budget Marchesa) nellieg3 EDH