Marchesa or Vela?
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Posted on Nov. 20, 2015, 5:25 p.m. by FYREKNIGHT
I'm making a commander deck and am trying to decide between Marchesa, the Black Rose and Vela the Night-Clad. Thetwo decks I expect to play against are an Animar, Soul of Elements ramp and the same with Omnath, Locus of Rage Any ideas would be great! Thanks!
Marchesa opens you up for more colours and is extremely strong. She allows you to run board clear in a creature heavy build which is cool.
November 20, 2015 6:01 p.m.
I'm a big fan of Marchesa, the Black Rose as well, but I'm a little bias as I have a deck with her leading it. I just think she's really fun to play.
November 20, 2015 6:03 p.m.
I actually have both these commander builds. Haha. Vela is my absolute favorite because you can kill everyone really easily with the Palinchron infinite mana bounce combo. Marchesa is incredibly fun as well though. It really depends on your play preference, Marchesa for aggro-y creature beatdown...Vela for combo/control. Enjoy!!
November 20, 2015 6:11 p.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #6
Both have LTB abilities, but Marchesa returns your creatures to the battlefield when they die. Against creature decks, the possibility of infinite blockers is pretty nice. I vote Marchesa.
November 20, 2015 6:26 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #7
Marchesa is really hard for decks, that like to play big creatures and turn them sideways, to deal with.
The only issue you will have is keeping pace with their ramp.
November 20, 2015 6:45 p.m.
I have to say I prefer Vela the Night-Clad. Building tri-coloured mana bases is a pain and usually much more expensive for a start. The other benefit of Vela is that she gives you a win condition. All you need is a sac loop or bonce loop (like Ghostly Flicker, Archaeomancer and Gilded Lotus) and that's game.
November 20, 2015 7:01 p.m.
If possible, go Grixis. It can never hurt to have access to a third color. Even if your deck is half blue/ half black with just a sliver of red for what you need.
November 20, 2015 7:02 p.m.
FYREKNIGHT says... #10
OK then just got back home. I'm very glad that everyone commented on my deck. I'm also interested in the cards you think would fit nicely into the deck build. Thanks again!
November 20, 2015 7:44 p.m.
In general, if you want to scope out how a certain general looks like, try checking out EDHRec.
November 20, 2015 7:50 p.m.
Oh, and browse some of the higher rated deck lists for your general. If you've got any questions or want deck help after you've put together an EDH list, tag me or shoot away here.
November 20, 2015 7:52 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #14
For me, Vela's high cmc makes her unplayable for a deck to withstand any hate or focus from a group imo, so I also vote Marchesa. I also think the amount of colors on a commander shouldn't matter since every color combo has pros and cons, but yet three color decks are still the most popular.
November 20, 2015 8:11 p.m.
Is there any reason why you couldn't run Marchesa, the Black Rose as your commander and then have Vela the Night-Clad in the deck? I think that Vela could complement Marchesa fairly well, depending on your build. Cavern Harpy would be a good inclusion because you can use it for bounce shenanigans and it could be used to lower your life total to keep the Dethone triggers rolling. For your meta you may want to be playing blue bounce creatures like Man-o'-War anyway, since they'll make it easier to keep Animar in check.
November 20, 2015 10:21 p.m.
Arknir_Draknov says... #16
Vela all the way...Ninjas...Combos....U/B.....Great with flicker or bounce cards
November 21, 2015 1:43 p.m.
FYREKNIGHT says... #17
I decided to make Marchesa. Any thoughts or opinions on the deck would be great. Thanks! Marchesa, says never die
Arvail says... #2
My vote goes to Marchesa as she usually matches well against creature-based metas. Also
is the best color combination. Grixis for life.
November 20, 2015 5:40 p.m.