Marchesa, Queen of Destruction

Commander / EDH Control Indestructible RBW (Mardu) Regenerate

Mollich

Land (34)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Vault of Champions

Creature (7)

• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Tajic, Blade of the Legion
• 1x Zurgo Helmsmasher

Sorcery (21)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Doomskar
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x Mythos of Snapdax
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Rout
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Shatter the Sky
• 1x Star of Extinction
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (12)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Sorin Markov

Commander (1)

Instant (12)

• 1x Angelic Ascension
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Despark
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Dead Man's Chest
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Unhallowed Pact

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Prepare to buy your opponents a round of drink, because you will have something to amend for.

This deck aims to destroy the opponent's game and bury them under the card advantage you are going to pile up. The critical phase is at the beginning, where you aim to cast Marchesa on turn 3, then wipe the board and keep the crown for yourself (helped by Blind Obedience ).

The deck features 15 board-wipes and 5 exile-effect removals to keep the board under control.

You can win through exhaustion, or you can use Revel in Riches , Approach of the Second Sun and Torment of Hailfire , which rely on the aspects of the deck of, respectively, killing everything, drawing a lot and cause empty boards.

To outdraw your opponents you have cards like Alhammarret's Archive , Court of Ambition , Dead Man's Chest , and Syphon Mind .

Graveyard stealing is another path to victory through Grave Betrayal , Debtors' Knell and Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni , the latter of which helps also with the constant re-enabling Marchesa's ETB effect (powered with many cards, like Athreos, Shroud-Veiled , Unhallowed Pact , Malakir Rebirth  , Supernatural Stamina , Demonic Vigor ).

Fated Return not only is recursion, but helps also in giving indestructible to Marchesa, allowing her to survive your board-wipes: this theme is strengthened by the ultimate of Elspeth, Knight-Errant and the use of Tajic, Blade of the Legion and Zurgo Helmsmasher .

In addition to the common ramp, you have some utility cards like Vedalken Orrery to cast a board-wipe (or threaten to do so) if someone attacks you when you are vulnerable, Sunbird's Invocation to double your spells per turn, Sorin Markov to inflict 30+ potential life loss in one coup, Faith's Reward to make any board-wipe a one-way board-wype, and Skyline Despot to transform Queen Marchesa in Khaleesi Marchesa.

Marchesa's Decree is in the deck because it is so flavorful, you cannot cut it. Yes, you _could _ put a tutor instead, or another Court instead. But you wouldn't prove the point as well.

p.s.: it's pronounced mar-keh-sah.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.00
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Dragon 5/5 R, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Soldier 1/1 W, Monarch Emblem, Treasure