Queen Marchesa's Bloody Reign

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

CaptainLick

Creature (15)

• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Hundred-Handed One
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Protector of the Crown
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Windborn Muse

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Lightmine Field
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Spectral Grasp
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice

Instant (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Succumb to Temptation
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Land (37)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 12x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Throne of the High City

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Vindicate

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Gideon of the Trials
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Queen Marchesa

"Those who seize power must have the means to hold it."

Marchesa's Decree

My plan is to become the Monarch and stay the Monarch, allowing me to draw 2 cards per turn. To do this I have a lot of defensive strategies in the deck.

As the Monarch, the other jealous players will probably focus their attention towards me. I have many ways to make allies. The goal is to get the attention away from me and onto someone else while I quietly draw twice as many cards.

I want to be an inconspicuous ruler, which means laying low until the time is most opportune to strike. That's why many of my blockers are flyers, reachers, deathtouchers, etc. I will even deplete my own life, with card draw spells, to keep attention away from me.

While my squabbling enemies are weakening each other and my defenses are up, I will be busy plotting away, setting up my board with buffs through card draw. I will give my creatures haste, double strike, and trample in preparation for the big attack.

When the time is right and my remaining enemies (and allies) are on the brink of death, I will suddenly strike with big attackers that have been hiding in my hand up until then. They will all have buffs, thus dealing massive damage in one swing.

After that, I will be unstoppable.

Comment if you have any strategical suggestions or card replacement ideas.

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Top Ranked	Achieved #13 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Dragon 5/5 R, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Ogre 3/3 R, Plant 0/2 G, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch
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