Queen Marchesa and her Advisers

Commander / EDH* Enchantment Lifegain Pillow Fort RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (27)

• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Knights of the Black Rose
• 1x Licia, Sanguine Tribune
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Zurgo Helmsmasher

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Land (36)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 8x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x End Hostilities
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Painful Truths

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin Markov

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Underworld Connections

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Rimescale Dragon
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Treasury Thrull

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

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The idea behind this deck is a mixture of politics, pillow fort, control, and lifegain/loss. Queen Marchesa is our commander as she can generate tons of value with either A) Card Advantage, or B) Politics. Much of the cards in this deck give you value when you are, and are not the monarch, making it tough for your opponents to choose whether it is worth it to attack you or not.

There is one infinite combo in this deck, the Sanguine Bond/Defiant Bloodlord and Exquisite Blood package, but there is only one tutor in the deck to search for it. It is not the theme of the deck, only one possible win-con.

Kaya, Ghost Assassin is an incredible card in this deck. It works with the Monarch cards, to ensure you are always the monarch on your turns (plus any added benefits of becoming the monarch); as well as Gray Merchant of Asphodel, all the planeswalkers (reset loyalty), and as it's own card draw and ping/lifegain mechanic.

Thalia's Lancers is a great tutor as we run many legendary creatures, four planeswalkers, and Alhammarret's Archive, any of which it is able to tutor out.

Debt to the Deathless works incredibly well with this deck also.

Other win-cons include: Aetherflux Reservoir, and Bond of Agony

Feel Free to comment any suggestions, thanks!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UG
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 37 - 4 Rares 21 - 1 Uncommons 11 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.98
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Dragon 5/5 R, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch
Folders	100 Card Decks