Marchesa: Queen of Pain (100% Altered)

Commander / EDH* Older20

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Commander 2020 —April 7, 2020

Quite a few interesting cards printed in these decks - however there is only one that I'll be trying out in the deck for the moment: Agitator Ant. I believe Goad is one of the most powerful mechanics in EDH and this card can goad multiple creatures each turn while synergizing well with cards like Deflecting Palm and Backlash and Duelist's Heritage. I think this Ant is super powerful and a great addition to the deck.

Edit: As I have had time to look at the complete deck lists I thought I would amend this update to note that I am going to be trying out the "free" spells Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver.

First I should say that I hate that WotC is printing these cards - I think they are a design mistake and being tapped out should mean something. I think they also spell danger for the future of Magic as this kind of power creep seems to mean that there really isn't a power level that isn't going to be pushed and pushed hard in the coming years. Having said that - this deck relies a lot on Queen Marchesa so both of these spells will very often be free and are really too good to exclude. They are both fetchable by Sunforger and aren't even that bad if you pay their full mana cost.

I'm also going to try out Frontier Warmonger as it synergises well with so much of this deck. It gives all our creatures Menace and buffs opponents' creatures when they swing at each other.