Are You Sure You Want to Do That? V2

Commander / EDH* Aikido Control Monarch Multiplayer RBW (Mardu)

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Instant (25)

• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Backlash
• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Delirium
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Parallectric Feedback
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Price of Progress
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Runeflare Trap
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Sudden Impact
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Aurification
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x No Mercy

Land (33)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 5x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Savai Triome
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sunforger
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Creature (16)

• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Serene Master
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Windborn Muse

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Acidic Soil
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Profane Command

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Combat Calligrapher
• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Artifact (1)

• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

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Maybeboard

Creature (33)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Fountain Watch
• 1x Geode Rager
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Guardian of Faith
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1x Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
• 1x Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1x Master of Ceremonies
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Prosper, Tome-Bound
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Slumbering Dragon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Valki, God of Lies  ^Flip
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

Enchantment (20)

• 1x AEther Flash
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Curse of Stalked Prey
• 1x Delaying Shield
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Noble Heritage
• 1x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Starfield of Nyx
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Suppression Field
• 1x Worship

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Gift of Estates
• 1x Incite Rebellion
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Secret Rendezvous
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Instant (19)

• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Chance for Glory
• 1x Dawn Charm
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Leave / Chance
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Rebuff the Wicked
• 1x Reflect Damage
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Silence
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Tithe
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Word of Seizing

Artifact (6)

• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sun Droplet
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Tempting Contract

Land (2)

• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

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Welcome to my Queen Marchesa Deck!

This deck is a work in progress, as are the accordions. I am just getting back to magic after a several year hiatus. The goal of this deck is to explore the idea of Aikido in MTG, following in the footsteps of precociousapprentice's Queen Marchesa: Politics, Aikido, and Control primer. For any suggestions to help improve the deck, please stick to creatures, instants, sorceries, enchantments and artifacts. I am aware that the land base could be faster with fetchlands, etc. but do not currently have the money for those things. I am trying to do this with cards I have on hand, plus a few spendy cards like Grim Tutor that I do not own.

The Goals

The goal of this deck is to encourage attacks to go in directions that I like (aka, don't hit me) while I cultivate a good board and hand state for myself.

I want this deck to be non-threatening in it's board state. I want players to decide to hit my opponents because it is their best option, rather than attack me.

I also want to be able to use cards that I love like Serene Master or Parallectric Feedback to good effect.

Winning

The win conditions of this deck are based on using your opponents strength against them and so may need to be adjusted for your meta.

Deflecting Palm - seems self explanatory

Serra Ascendant - with all the ways to protect / redirect damage, plus the flying creatures with lifelink, this should be a decent mid-range beater if the Path of Peace fails

Master of Cruelties - potential surprise assassination with Key to the City + Profane Command, Acidic Soil, or something similar.

Winning against big baddies

Brash Taunter - this guy is here for defense, but is not afraid to go on the offense when necessary

Delirium - same as above

Backlash - duplicate

Winning vs tokens etc

Batwing Brume - make sure you use correct mana, ask me how I know

Rakdos Charm

It's a bit situational, but winning versus infinite draw

Angel's Grace + Runeflare Trap or Sudden Impact

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 43 - 4 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Inkling 2/1 WB, Ogre 3/3 R, Snake 1/1 B, The Monarch