Marchesa Control

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

smitm901

Creature (49)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Anger
• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Arcbound Slith
• 1x Arcbound Stinger
• 1x Arcbound Worker
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Aura Thief
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher Ghoul
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dominus of Fealty
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Floating-Dream Zubera
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Helium Squirter
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Jeskai Sage
• 1x Magma Phoenix
• 1x Molten Primordial
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Novijen Sages
• 1x Oculus
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Stalking Vengeance
• 1x Surveilling Sprite
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Power Conduit
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Hijack
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Infernal Tribute
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Instant (1)

• 1x Treacherous Urge

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Sideboard

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x High Market
• 5x Island
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Sulfur Vent
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh

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Maybeboard

Creature (17)

• 1x Bloodthrone Vampire
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Marton Stromgald
• 1x Matter Reshaper
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Rishadan Brigand
• 1x Rishadan Cutpurse
• 1x Rishadan Footpad
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Simic Fluxmage
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Whirlpool Drake

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Chamber of Manipulation
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Sneak Attack

Instant (1)

• 1x Grip of Phyresis

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mob Rule

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lux Cannon

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Putting cut cards into the maybeboard while I'm figuring out what to cut. lands are in the sideboard until I figure out how much color fixing is needed and the amount of stress non-colored lands put on the mana-base.

So this is a momentum style deck that relies on sac engines and etb/ltb effects to snowball by attacking the player with the highest life, and then sacing your field before damage is dealt. Despite the deck being extremely resilient to all forms of boardwipes and spot removal, cards like Leyline of the Void and Rest in Peace will still ruin your day. The only way that this deck has to deal with pesky non-creature permanents is to steal them and eat them with a sac engine like Infernal Tribute if they are still pesky even after stealing them.

I would like to stay away from counterspells if possible due to a personal dislike of them and am aiming to have the deck contain around 36-38 lands with at least half of them basic for Pilgrim's Eye, Solemn Simulacrum, and Burnished Hart. Lands are currently sitting in the sideboard and cut cards/cards I am thinking of including are in the maybeboard.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 2 Rares 23 - 9 Uncommons 22 - 6 Commons
Cards	77
Avg. CMC	3.40
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Morph 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U
Based on	Kayle's deck smitm901 EDH