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Duel Commander Burn Competitive Control Discard Monarch RBW (Mardu)

Kiyomei

Land (40)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (22)

• 1x Angrath's Rampage
• 1x Balance
• 1x Chain Lightning
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Damn
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Flame Slash
• 1x Gerrard's Verdict
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Slagstorm
• 1x Sudden Demise
• 1x Sweltering Suns
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (9)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant
• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 1x Gideon Jura
• 1x Gideon of the Trials
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Creature (4)

• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Palace Jailer
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Commander (1)

Instant (17)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Diabolic Edict
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent

Artifact (7)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Sudden Edict
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Timely Reinforcements

Creature (1)

• 1x Bonecrusher Giant

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blightning
• 1x Castigate
• 1x Chainer's Edict
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Oust
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 1x Rolling Earthquake

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Blessed Alliance
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Wear / Tear

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Creature (1)

• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End

Land (1)

• 1x Sunbaked Canyon

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Introduction

Straight of the bat, she is far better in 1v1/french/duel formats and is not a commander meant to be played in a free for all 4 man pods...

This is my cruel control shell for Marchesa and our top 1v1 deck in all of the meta around here. Never have I been lower as first or second place in any 1v1 fmn in 3-4 different shops... There are only 2 genders fight me naked over this biological fact........

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MaybeBoard is my sideboard but for 1v1 EDH or normal EDH it's still not allowed so I keep it at home in a binder when meta shifts happen or I need more of a certain effect vs a different meta or playgroup during FNM!

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This deck has 15 potential creatures don't be fooled ;)

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If you are looking for a multiplayer casual Marchesa tapped out is full of them fun ones for you!!! This deck is very lackluster and can be funny to annoy that one Yisan player but it can not win or do something consistent as a commander in a multiplayer game regardless of build regardless of player... Mardu's wincons are just not a valid CEDH option also your commander doesn't bring anything to a CEDH table either... So not a single build would push this commander to a worthy Multiplayer deck for CEDH or anything competitive or even close to tier 4...

she does breaks decks in 1v1 and this is not an understatement as MTGOTOP8 regularly sees this Queen played with SOLID DATA and her card advantage leaves players with empty hands in this control shell... So I decided to gather as much information I could and have been winning almost every single 1v1 tournament so far or ended up in the top 3! This is a Version I created after researching Every single Marchesa deck that made it on MTGOTOP8 and considering every card used there as a valid flexible slot!

People who tend to go Pillow fort or political with this deck in multiplayer are cute but their consistency says it all... This was a Legendary created to be played in 1v1 due to the insane card advantage and control colors... Any Multiplayer version like Stax, Control or anything weird and casual with pillow fort spells is cool for really low tier slow games for casuals that last 40 turns!

(Sad to see so many copycats in my meta but hey, almost every card I put in play or abuse gets played in the weirdest decks at the moment without it even working pretty hilarious really...)

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Pro's (Strenghts of the deck!)

What to expect from this deck;

• Looking to dominate your 1v1 Meta if it's filled with aggro/creature based or Voltron decks!

• consistent top 3 performance (MTGOTOP8-DATA) (+ I've never been lower as second place during 1v1 FNM ever... for over a year now).

• Extremly interactive.

• Very flexible card slots.

• Also has a good matchup versus other control type decks.

• consistency

• Has Been playtested for over 3 seasons (1 season = 3 months) in our local Competetive tournaments which span over almost a year of play and playtesting (+ theory crafting + amazing tips from top 1v1 competitors on discord and MTGO1v1 discords!!!) amazing results and very solid build right now if you're looking for a 1v1 control deck!!!.

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Cons (weaknesses of the deck!)

you do not want to play this deck if:

• You enjoy going face (aggro or heavily creature based) (Although it can run more creatures fairly easily it is still a control shell that pushes "control creatures")

• You are impatient and don't know how to play out control.

• You are looking for a casual multiplayer version (as there is no CEDH variant or a competitive version of Marchesa for Multiplayer)!

• You like fast non-grindy games (It can go fast in keeping the board clear but killing your enemy is chipping at it piece by piece...)

• Your meta is filled with any color + Blue control decks (The matchup works but it is way harder than dealing with aggro or voltron unless the opponent's deck consists of 3 colors +).

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Strategy

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Card Choices + Explenation

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Extra

Events and records Show

Season 1

Rank 1#

Season 2

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Season 3

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CHANGE LOG

12 May 2019 Show

After recent failures at our league going 3-1 that night, it felt like I should not have lost that one... After some research and much thinking, I've decided to move the maybe-board to only include cards I will consider that will push this deck beyond power! I've therefore made 4 cuts that have recently let me down % wise and in performance...

(although of the last 2 games 1 was just plain unlucky mana screw and stuck on 2 lands and no lands for 14 (/2 7 turns each) turns total the second was the overpowered mana crypt and dustbowl which wouldn't have happened if we were on Duel commander and not WotC's failed 1v1 format that isn't balanced or updated ever... I shouldn't have lost that ever in any way yet murphy's law got me good and mulligans happened harder and of course, were worse than ever even after 500+ goldfishes it was never as bad but yeah RNG Unlucky and very one-sided boring games that are very very unusual for this deck...)

These cuts are :

Color wise we are currently on :

15: Sources of red (26 symbols) {R}

16: sources of black (37symbols) {B}

16: sources of white (22symbols) {W}

And on 10 Fetches {T} to thin out the deck and get our color requirements going... The land cuts being {R} and {RW} don't impact us and hinder us more as the majority of spells require {B}. Hence the heavier amount of {BR} lands that have gone in the deck.

1x Reflecting Pool (CNS) --------------------> Dragonskull Summit

: Often Pool would not suffice to the early speed and color requirements and is vastly known to only perform 50/50 wise in 3 colors + decks... Currently, on MTGOTOP8 2 color decks use Reflecting Pool 0.7/1 compared to a 0.3/1 ratio for 3 and above due to its inconsistency in the early stages of the game...

While the payoff is immense if it hits the rainbow state, it is not worth risking the odds of it being "not enough" to get you trough the early game... Having one in opening hand with a dual or basic lead to awkward early game plays and any duel,fetch or filter would have performed more consistently in this situation... on my mind where also Rugged Prairie and Fetid Heath as these will also at one point be added to the mana base due to their powerful and remarkable consistency in Mardu across the board with both a 0.9/1 ratio!

1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep (CHK) JA --------------------> Wasteland

: Shinka often just acted as a basic mountain, while "first strike" never felt necessary as Marchesa is basically a removal spell with her "deathtouch" + she's only there for the monarch most of the time, so having a utility land that can combat the more broken and more used nonbasic lands that are pretty annoying to deal with at the moment is necessary especially during the dark MTGO times... + It can put people behind that were already behind or color screwed... so the - one {R} source doesn't hurt us as much and acts the same as Shinka most of the time did, pay {1} mana for something else...

1x Temple of Triumph (THS) ZH --------------------> Sulfurous Springs

: Being the least used combination of colors in the color pair pie, and white being overused overall the spring will give more tempo any stage of the game compared to a tapped "scry" and result in fewer games chance wise flooding us with white mana. Having the other two Scry lands still allows us a good chance to fix topdecks at any stage of the game and dig deeper as losing one won't hurt the deck as much... the ratio of it being played was also far lower than the other two lands due to heavy {BR} investment of spells...

1x Gideon Jura (ROE) --------------------> Tainted Pact

: Gideon's... Where to start... Gideon's overall are very strong Walkers... The ally or even the new one all have their uses... While not really providing the deck with answers Gideon could withstand board wipes and come back from it and it felt really good when ahead... But what Gideon does not play well against is time or playing from behind. While Later in the game he isn't always as useful vs certain matchups either... So I've decided to run the Gideon-less Marchesa Deck while he still sees a good amount of play I felt like Tainted Pact would give me more ways of digging for real answers and win cons if necessary...

------------------ Cards that were once in the Maybe-Board and no longer a consideration if they wouldn't appear there anymore...

1x Armageddon (4ED) JA

1x Blessed Alliance (EMN)

1x Cast Out (AKH)

1x Cry of the Carnarium (RNA) JA

1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast (CN2)

1x Enlightened Tutor (6ED) JA

1x Kaya's Wrath (RNA) JA

1x Liliana's Triumph (000) F JA

1x Mana Tithe (000)

1x Nahiri, the Harbinger (SOI)

1x Ravages of War (PTK) JA

1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis (SOI) JA

Swordplay? Show

Sword of Feast and Famine / Umezawa's Jitte

While the raw power of these cards wins games, their role in certain types of decks are questionable, to say the least, but when ahead they shine at snowballing games... The reason they are going to be cut is fairly simple; Win more / dead cards in creatureless control heavy / grindy games is often the result of a game loss or huge setback if lost.

looking to go to 40 land with + Rugged Prairie and Fetid Heath +

And looking at Perhaps adding the famous DCMD package of Emrakul, the Promised End + Nahiri, the Harbinger... (or just Nahiri the card draw + wurmcoil/dweller provider that deals well with exiling gods and tapped stuff and 40 land upgrade!)

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	UG
Splash colors	WBR
Legality	This deck is Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 1 Mythic Rares 57 - 1 Rares 20 - 2 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	1.1 My DCMD (french) / MTGO 1v1 commander /-----------------------------, 3: the League of Extraordinary Commanders (1v1 Leviathan) -----------------------------------------, Good Ideas, EDH Mardu ideas, K00L D3CK5, Commanders Ideias, Edh 1vs1