Mardu Control (Queen Marchesa)

Commander / EDH* Competitive Death and Taxes Goodstuff Hatebears Stax

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Land (30)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Cataclysm
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Meltdown
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Creature (20)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Faerie Macabre
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Leonin Arbiter
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Stranglehold

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Kozilek's Return
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Second Sunrise
• 1x Silence
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wear / Tear

Artifact (8)

• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst

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Artifact (5)

• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Torpor Orb

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Oppression

Creature (5)

• 1x Goblin Welder
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Instant (4)

• 1x Isolate
• 1x Patrician's Scorn
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Remove Enchantments

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The sweet thing about Queen Marchesa, is her versatility of card advantage with monarchy and also being a threat when you take away monarchy. Now, mardu does not offer the best interaction. What it does offer is, a bunch of state base abilities. These ability allow you to slow down the game long enough to either tumble into your combo or long enough to lock other players out of the game. to do so we play hate bears which either break parity with all the hate we bring and also creature that give card advantage also like Tymna the Weaver and card:Arza Oddsmaker.

WINCON

Your main win con in the deck is the REDCAP combo. this is Metallic Mimic + Murderous Redcap + sac outlet. Three card combo, which is rough but we aim to slow down the game enough to make it possible. If not well we move to option B Lock out the game with Contamination + token outlet + Null Rod + card:curse totem this will basically lock out most decks outside of reanimation decks that work off creatures. I.E. Bloodpod, Razakats, Zur decks. If all else fails we resort to good old fashion beats. we run enough creature to make it possible.

Why Queen?

Queen is a value engine off the start of entering the battlefield with monarchy. Granted this can be stolen from you it does not entirely matter because you have ways of gaining it back with the deathtouch tokens she makes after losing the monarchy. She is also our non life lose token producer in our deck that lets Contamination go off without issue. Overall, I think she has potential in the meta and the goal of this deck is to push her past her limit.

More to come later after some more play testing. any interest or thoughts about this let me know.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	2.33
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Monarch Emblem