Every Masochist Needs a Marchesa to Love Them

Commander / EDH Competitive Midrange Multiplayer Primer Sacrifice UBR (Grixis) Value Engine

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Creature (28)

• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Danny Pink
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Lethal Scheme
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Ripples of Potential
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Thran Vigil
• 1x Uncivil Unrest
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Agatha's Soul Cauldron
• 1x Anduril, Narsil Reforged
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x The Ozolith

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wave Goodbye

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Maybeboard

Creature (33)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Burglar Rat
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Elderfang Disciple
• 1x Elvish Doomsayer
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 1x Legion Loyalist
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Nezumi Informant
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  ^Flip
• 1x Noxious Toad
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tinybones, Trinket Thief
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Virus Beetle
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Pain Magnification
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Words of Waste

Instant (1)

• 1x Deflecting Swat

Land (1)

• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Seize the Spotlight

Artifact (2)

• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

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2.25 Non-Creature and 3.46 Creature CMC avgs. 2.83 overall (discounting Phyrexian Metamorph, Fierce Guardianship, and Blasphemous Act) - Updated 12/10/23

Ok, first things first... save your Chaos Warp /Feed the Swarm entirely for problematic enchantments, those things will wreck your day (I'm looking at you Solemnity and Rest in Peace).

The deck is a synergistic nightmare for your opponents. It is set up as both an aggro deck and to abuse ETB/Death triggers and is VERY aggressive with life as a resource. Several lands, creatures, artifacts, and enchantments cause you to lose life (31 cards) and you can always smack yourself with Flayer of the Hatebound, Goblin Bombardment, and Terror of the Peaks (It's the right answer sometimes). Spellskite can also redirect the same spell or ability on the stack as many times as needed to lower your life also.

Metallic Mimic, Sage of Fables, Vigean Graftmage, Unspeakable Symbol, Spark Double, Uncivil Unrest, Thran Vigil, and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed all (except Thran Vigil) allow you to abuse etb/death triggers on everyone's turn instead of once per round.

Note that almost the entirety of my maybeboard is for a discard subtheme I'm considering with Marchesa.

I've never once comboed to win even though there are 2 (main) lethal infinites in the deck. I instead rely on tons of synergy and attacking my opponents resources for more of a war of attrition approach.

INFINITE COMBOS

Combo#1

Ashnod's Altar + Flayer of the Hatebound + Sage of Fables for infinite damage and card draw.

1: Sac Flayer to Altar for {2}, Flayer immediately comes back with a +1+1 counter and hits anything for 5.

2: Use the floating {2} with Sage to remove Flayer's +1+1 counter and draw a card.

3: Rinse and repeat until all opponents are certifiably dead!

Plugging Mikaeus, the Unhallowed into this combo allows you to replace Flayer of the Hatebound with any non-human that ISN'T a wizard.

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Combo#2

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Glen Elendra Archmage + Goblin Bombardment for infinite damage.

Just keep sacing a persist creature and alternating the creature coming back from persist/undying until the win is yours!

NOTE This can also accrue infinite mana if the sac outlet is Ashnod's/Phyrexian Altar or infinite mill with Altar of Dementia.

Feedback, upvotes, and ideas are appreciated, thanks in advance. Please feel free to check out my other lists.

ACTIVE:

{U}{R}{G} Animar, Gaea's Hemorrhoid ⫷PRIMER⫸ {U}{R}{G}

{U}{B}{G} Muldrotha's Madhouse ⫷Primer⫸ {U}{B}{G}

{W}{B}{G} Added Layers of Protection - Tymna & Sidar {W}{B}{G}

{W}{R}{G} Marisi the Pimp - (Combat) Trickin' Hoes {W}{R}{G}

{W}{U}{R} Pram Night Dumpster Baby - Pramikon Superfriends {W}{U}{R}

{B}{R}{G} Prossh's Dastardly Bastard Children - Group Slug {B}{R}{G}

{W}{B}{R} Spanisshin Inquisisshin {W}{B}{R}

{W}{U}{B} Alela's Aerodynamics: A Crash Course {W}{U}{B}

{G}{B}{U}{W} Little Rey of Ishine (Reyhan/Ishai) {G}{B}{U}{W}

RETIRED:

{W}{G} Sisay's Hombres -Hatebears {W}{G}

{W}{B}{R} Edgar's Dega Vampires {W}{B}{R}

{R}{W}{U} Narset, American Beauty {R}{W}{U}

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #4 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Primer 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
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