I love to see the evolution of your deck. Parallel but divergent from mine. I have yet to have a chance to trial the C17 changes. I moved to a different state, and have been way too busy to explore a new gaming venue and meta. I am glad to hear about your experience with Teferi's Protection and Curse of Opulence. I have high hopes.

precociousapprentice, finally had a chance cast Disrupt Decorum last night and it performed well. Knocked one person right out of the game and left another very exposed. I ended up winning that match.

Played Mathas, Fiend Seeker in 2 games last night and...meh. Both times it didn't really change opponents' behaviour which was the whole point. He drew some cards incidentally (when a creature died in combat or by boardwipe) but didn't seem to encourage opponents to burn their kill spells. If I'm drawing cards incidentally I want it to be just ME who draws them. I'll give him a bit more time in the deck but I may just sub back in Read the Bones.

Erebos, God of the Dead has been performing well and is "turned on" more easily than expected in a 3-colour deck. He ended up winning a game with Sunforger attached.

Underworld Connections has also been performing quite well, giving me a card when I don't tap out with other instant speed effects.

That sounds very positive MegaMatt13. I was anticipating Mathas, Fiend Seeker not doing what people were saying he would do. I feel like he could be exploited as a commander, but likely he will not fit in a lot of 99s.

I can't wait to see Disrupt Decorum in action. I have high hopes. It is not quite Insurrection, but it is close, and actually has a slightly different effect in that the attacks come on other people's turns, sequentially exposing them to counter attacks. It will be a player in both our decks.

I have looked at Underworld Connections several times. It is obviously very close to Phyrexian Arena, but you have to activate it, alleviating the danger of accidentally killing yourself while imposing a small price to use. I still think that it doesn't have the raw power of Necropotence, but it is probably a great incremental card draw, and may be better than most other options.

I should probably add a section into my deck description detailing cards like Erebos, God of the Dead, Dread, Rune-Scarred Demon, Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts, or other big bomb wincons with added value that can be subbed in depending on meta. Erebos, God of the Dead is probably a total beast against lifegain decks, and adding it simply as a bomb with added card draw is reasonable enough. I traded for one at one time specifically for adding into Queen Marchesa's army, but I never played it.

I love that the core of our decks are super similar, but the trim around the edges is quite different. I am going to put your deck into my inspirations section. Anyone looking to make a Queen Marchesa political control deck should probably look at both decks for a more complete understanding of the archetype.

precociousapprentice, hope your move went as smoothly as possible. I am thinking of adding an inspirations section too and would certainly add your deck. It's definitely informed some of my choices.

I've already taken out Mathas. He just didn't perform at all. He didn't seem to influence opponents' behaviour... Probably because my opponents didn't want to see me draw cards. Curse of opulence I think is in the sweet spot of enticing opponents without making them fear the value it also gives you.

I look forward to hearing about your playing experiences with the new cards.