Marchesa Best Grixis

Marchesa is a mean little gremlin whose strategy revolves around bringing everyone else down with you. This deck abuses every resource and is very greedy and therefore susceptible to punishment, but what's fun without risk?

This deck is predominantly creature-based and lends itself well to long games. It does have combos, but it really shines when you've developed a boardstate and can deprive your opponents of the same. As such, it's designed to play a little like aggro, combo, and creature-based control. I very often become public enemy #1 since this deck is very good at attrition and breaking parity.
Not everything is necessary for the deck.
Here are some problems the deck runs into and some solutions for those situations.

  • Ancient Tomb seems like a no-brainer. Colorless may not be perfect, but loss of life is
  • I just discovered Storm Entity and he seems pretty decent

The chopping block currently consists of Nightscape Familiar and Treasonous Ogre. I'll need to playtest more to see what's worth keeping. I just used Dinrova Horror for the first time, and it didn't do much for me when I was ahead. puts it on the same stage as Noxious Gearhulk and I like lifegain better than making one opponent discard.

Necropolis Regent just came out for Necropotence and I think it was a good trade.

UPDATE: Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Commander's Sphere, and Darksteel Ingot have been removed to make room for Dimir Signet Rakdos Signet and Izzet Signet. Kiki wasn't doing anything aside from comboing with Zealous Conscripts, but I may put him back in if I decide to fully commit to Splinter Twin, Pestermite , and Deceiver Exarch.

UPDATE 6/22

Beseech the Queen has been removed for Diabolic Intent, Zealous Conscripts is now Kira, Great Glass-Spinner to protect Marchesa

UPDATE 10/01

Dinrova Horror, Animation Module , Mulldrifter, Thalakos Deceiver , and Profaner of the Dead have been removed to make room for Siren Lookout, Seekers' Squire, Brazen Buccaneers , Bloodcrazed Paladin, and Herald of Secret Streams.

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 2 years
Exclude colors WG
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

42 - 0 Rares

22 - 0 Uncommons

9 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.38
Tokens Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Lizard 8/8 R, Manifest 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U, Whale 6/6 U, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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