Queen of Curses and Chaos

Commander / EDH Budget Cruel Control Enchantment Pillow Fort RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick

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Enchantment (29)

• 1x Artificer's Hex
• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Cruel Reality
• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Curse of Death's Hold
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 1x Curse of Misfortunes
• 1x Curse of Shallow Graves
• 1x Curse of Stalked Prey
• 1x Curse of the Forsaken
• 1x Curse of the Nightly Hunt
• 1x Curse of Thirst
• 1x Curse of Vengeance
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Invasion Plans
• 1x Karmic Justice
• 1x Manabarbs
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Overwhelming Splendor
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Tide of War
• 1x Torment of Scarabs
• 1x Trespasser's Curse
• 1x Wild Evocation

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Choice of Damnations
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Three Dreams

Land (37)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Artifact (8)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Crystal Chimes
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon
• 1x Pyxis of Pandemonium
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Creature (19)

• 1x Accursed Witch  ^Flip
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Bitterheart Witch
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Capricious Efreet
• 1x Celestial Ancient
• 1x Doomwake Giant
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Grim Guardian
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim
• 1x Hero of Iroas
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Lost Auramancers
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Underworld Coinsmith

Instant (1)

• 1x Argivian Find

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Sideboard

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Cleansing Meditation
• 1x Illicit Auction
• 1x Warp World
• 1x Whims of the Fates
• 1x Worst Fears

Instant (1)

• 1x Wild Ricochet

Artifact (1)

• 1x Timesifter

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Nettlevine Blight

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This deck is inspired by Marcurses by Bryce Miller . I was interested on how to get overwhelming splendor out in a game of EDH as soon as it was spoiled, and this deck is what I have developed. Marcurses really plays hard to the curse theme, but with this deck, I wanted to build in some chaos, control, and general mardu and monarchy goodness.

Upon copious tinkering, I slowed down a bit on the chaos and Mardu theme. From my estimate, this deck is going to be drawing and tutoring out curses like crazy (Bitterheart Witch,Curse of Misfortunes, Heliod's Pilgrim, Lost Auramancers, Mesa Enchantress, Open the Armory, Sram, Senior Edificer, and Three Dreams). Once you start playing the really fun curses, you will become a massive target of player hate, which is one reason why I have built up a strong pillow-fort (Ghostly Prison, Sphere of Safety, Marchesa's Decree, Karmic Justice, Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs etc.) and added in a few cards that will force aggression. This combination will pit my opponents against each other while I curse them out of the game. I am interested in how possible it is to get a win out of this deck, because as of now, the only win-con I see is through commander damage (Helm of the Gods, Ethereal Armor, and Curse of Bloodletting). Queen Marchesa should be able to get through with a lot of damage pretty consistently though because my opponents will have their boards completely wiped ( overwhelming Splendor and Curse of Death's Hold or Doomwake Giant), or they will be all tapped due to forced attacks. One important concern is that once you've killed an opponent, all those aura's will go with them. So in a multiplayer game, the curses will have to be spread out, but not so thinly that you can't win. There are a number of more expensive cards that I have not included simply to keep the price of the deck low.

Update: 7-15-18

I have been playing this deck for awhile now and it has become one of my absolute favorites and my playgroup's most despised. I will update the list sometime in the future to match all my changes. This deck deals out hate in a way that opponents are rarely prepared for and usually wins by draining out opponents with Curse of Thirst or Trespasser's Curse, murdering them with angel tokens, or most frequently, by forcing them to concede after overwhelming Splendor hits the field on turn 5. If you want to play this deck more than once or twice, you are going to have to be in a fairly interactive playgroup as I have found that the reciprocal hate is pretty strong.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 36 - 6 Rares 30 - 1 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Ogre 3/3 R, Soldier 1/1 RW, Spirit 1/1 WB, Monarch Emblem, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Good for mathas, edh decks, curses, Inspiration, Decks