Marchesa, the Black Rose
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Marchesa, the Black Rose

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Dethrone *(Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) *

Other creatures you control have dethrone.

Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. (Dying is being put into the graveyard from the battlefield. Tokens cease to exist when they are put in the graveyard.)

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Last_Laugh on Is Enchantment Destruction in Black …

1 month ago

wallisface you have to take into account that a LOT of black decks deal with graveyard shenanigans and enchantments like Rest in Peace and its ilk are extremely problematic... to the point Meteor Golem saw loads of play. 3 mana and 2 life is nothing.

To the OP's question. No, these 1 time effects on sorceries/instants are fine and if you're running it, you're already highly prioritizing removing problematic enchantments from your opponents. If they give black repeatable enchantment removal on an enchantment/artifact or even a creature then they've gone too far. (Granted Canoptek Tomb Sentinel offers just that for the right deck... /cough Marchesa, the Black Rose /cough)

RiotRunner789 on What commander would work for …

1 month ago

You could build a Marchesa, the Black Rose deck. Your goal is to build any kind of board state then cast Jokulhaups so your stuff comes back and everyone else is in the Stone age. Also works with Apocalypse and a sac outlet.

Esika, God of the Tree  Flip (prismatic bridge, not the creature) superfriends deck. Again, cards like Jokulhaups and tons of sweepers. Most sweepers don't deal with planeswalkers or enchantments, so again, you keep most of your studd.

Last_Laugh on I wanna be the evil …

2 months ago

- Marchesa, the Black Rose. She's typically played in 1 of 2 ways: temporary theft (that becomes permanent with Marchesa's ability) and/or etb/death triggers. The deck is very resilient... alternate sources of +1+1 counters and a sac outlet make your board very difficult for your opponents to interact with.

Her main weaknesses are effects like Rest in Peace that mess with graveyards, Solemnity, decks like Omnath, Locus of Rage that can do lots of noncombat damage to your face, lots of non-destroy wraths, and enchantments in general thanks to Grixis colors.

Last_Laugh on Thanks, I'll Take That

9 months ago

Marchesa, the Black Rose is worded so that any creatures you control that die with a +1+1 counter (which she conveniently provides) will come back at the next end step under your control. That includes anything you've stolen.

Last_Laugh on Marchesa, the Black Rose + …

9 months ago

End of turn I have Braids, Arisen Nightmare, Marchesa, the Black Rose, and another creature with a +1+1 counter that has no effect on this scenario in play. Can I stack sac'ing the creature with a +1+1 counter to Braids at end of turn and Marchesa's EoT ability to bring creatures who died with a +1+1 counter so that the sacrificed creature comes back almost immediately that same turn? Or would the sac'ed creature have to wait for the next end step before Marchesa brings it back?

Last_Laugh on Case42

10 months ago

If you'd rather branch into blue than green, I'd suggest Marchesa, the Black Rose. She's honestly my favorite deck and I've had her built for 9+ years at this point. I like her because she can be built on any budget and you can take her in several directions including etb/death trigger abuse (what I run), tribal (wizards, zombies, vampires, or pirates typically), modular artifacts, permanent creature theft, aristocrats, etc.

Every Masochist Needs a Marchesa to Love Them. I use alternate sources of +1+1 counters (besides Dethrone and combat) to abuse etb/death triggers on everyone's turn instead once per round that Dethrone alone enables. I typically end games with Gray Merchant of Asphodel then sac'ing all my clones so they can enter as Gary #2, 3, or even 4 at end of turn.

Last_Laugh on Goro-Goro and Satoru

11 months ago

Marchesa, the Black Rose makes it so any creatures you steal will stay under your control when it dies with a +1+1 counter.

NV_1980 on Sisay's Horny Spaceship

1 year ago

If this is deck is about what you consider to be sensual art, it's going to be quite the challenge for anyone else to provide you with useful suggestions (unless there are people who can actually read your mind without seeing you or have the exact same tastes that you have when it comes to sensuality :):)).

How about these:

Have fun with whatever it is you're doing here :)

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