Long Live the Monarch

Commander / EDH Combo Control Jank Lands Monarch RBW (Mardu)

PeriodicalFits

Land (35)

• 4x Mountain
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hammerheim
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Windbrisk Heights
• 3x Plains
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Smoldering Marsh

Artifact (7)

• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Creature (25)

• 1x Angel of the Dire Hour
• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Emberwilde Captain
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker
• 1x Ceaseless Searblades
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Blade Historian
• 1x Frontline Medic
• 1x Selfless Glyphweaver  ^Flip
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Toshiro Umezawa
• 1x Odric, Master Tactician
• 1x Taranika, Akroan Veteran
• 1x Thundersong Trumpeter
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Flumph
• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Custodi Lich

Instant (10)

• 1x Akroma's Will
• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Fight to the Death
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Master Warcraft
• 1x Righteousness
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Unbreakable Formation
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Court of Grace
• 1x Court of Ire
• 1x Day of Destiny
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Martial Law
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x War's Toll
• 1x Worship

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Waves of Aggression

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Sideboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Vandalblast

Artifact (1)

• 1x Blazing Sunsteel

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Guilty Conscience
• 1x Pariah
• 2x Duelist's Heritage

Instant (1)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking

Creature (1)

• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

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mainly the monarch is used as bait for opponents. Yes, there is the standard monarch usage like "on your upkeep if you are the monarch...." and "when you are/become the monarch..." but aside from the bare minimum of that, the main engine is to control the combat step. Whether that is choosing attackers and blockers for your opponents, making them pay in mana or life for each attacker, or simply destroying all blockers/attackers. There are a handful of cards that give me extra combat steps, and that is where the infinite combos come in, but typically dont activate the infinite combo unless im playing with other combo decks, that way i can still play casual.

(When playing with friends under house rules, I exchange one plains with Karakas

Card synergy worth noting:

Combat Celebrant + Taranika, Akroan Veteran

War's Toll + Ghostly Prison

War's Toll + Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

War's Toll + Smothering Tithe

Combos included in this deck:

Ceaseless Searblades + Access Tunnel + Lavaclaw Reaches = Attack with ceaseless, use access to make it unblockable, give it infinite power with lavaclaw

Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host - infinite combat steps

Combat Celebrant + Helm of the Host - infinite combat steps

Thespian's Stage + Dark Depths - easy 20/20 indestructible flying avatar token

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Infinite Combo 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu) 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 66 - 7 Rares 13 - 2 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Copy Clone, Marit Lage, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 W, Monarch Emblem, Treasure
Folders	One's I play IRL, Decks