The Rose and her Thorns

Commander / EDH Casual Counters UBR (Grixis)

HelltotheHeavens

Creature (31)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Blood Tyrant
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Flame-Wreathed Phoenix
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Marchesa's Smuggler
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sootstoke Kindler
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Land (38)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x High Market
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (6)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Rakdos Charm

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Intimations
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

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Sideboard

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Slave of Bolas

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Necropotence

Creature (1)

• 1x Grave Titan

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Triskelion

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Marchesa, the Black Rose is an awesome Commander, while she wasn't my first commander, she is probably my favorite. I felt hollow without her, so I brought Marchesa back from the ashes, better and stronger than ever. This deck is my baby, a lot of blood, sweat and money went into the deck.

Basically, get Marchesa out as fast as possible, and start attacking. Marchesa and other creatures will survive most things, but Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots will help protect key creatures. Unspeakable Symbol, Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Ogre Battledriver, and Olivia, Mobilized for War will help to buff other creatures to take advantage of Dethrone, and Marchesa's effect is icing on the cake.

+1's and suggestions are always welcome!

The Maybeboard are cards that I would like to add to the deck, but have not yet.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 44 - 1 Rares 22 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Squid 1/1 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH