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"The traitors want my city ... but I'll give them naught but ashes."

  • Aerys II Targaryen the Mad King, A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords

The King is dead (well, deader and for good this time), long live the Queen! After usurping the throne from Brago, the Blink King, Queen Marchesa wastes no time in asserting her dominance and right to rule, and she is making sure not to go down like her predecessor! With capable allies and strong protection, queen Marchesa is ready to defend her crown by any means necessary...even if it means becoming a queen ruling over ashes!

Main focus of the deck is to build pillow fort to protect you and prevent opponents from attacking or at least slowing down their attacks. Ghostly Prison / Windborn Muse provide excellent protection under right circumstances since their tax effect forces opponents choose between either using their resources to attack you or play their own spells. Most often your opponents have to or will decide to attack someone else.

Solid and repeatable protection from at least one enemy creature per turn cycle is the Maze of Ith.

Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs gives you 3/3 tokens for each attacking creature that you can use as blockers if they don't pay 3 mana for each attacker. While it won't stop creatures with evasion from attacking you like some other pillow fort pieces, it still gives you a decent size creature that you can use to build an army to attack or intimidate your opponents from attacking in future.

Mother of Runes is a great protection for any of your creatures. You can also use the protection from certain color to make a creature evasive and get through to an opponent.

Grand Abolisher / Conqueror's Flail

Marchesa's Decree drains your opponents one life for each creature they attack you with (Revenge of Ravens is a better card in my opinion but Marchesa's Decree card is more flavorful and it gives Monarch on ETB).

In addition to pillow fort, this deck has many other means to protect the monarch, be it you, Marchesa or the Monarch emblem. A real flavor move is never allowing your opponents to get your Monarch emblem.

Deflecting Palm is a fun instant to surprise your opponents with. It works well protecting against one big damage source from a spell or a creature, and it not only prevents the damage but send it back to their source too!

Similarly good damage prevention is Teferi's Protection, though it does not have the added spice of using your opponents tactics against themselves.

Deflecting Swat allows you to snatch your opponent's targeting spell or ability and redirect it to a new more suitable target. It also essentially works as a red counterspell to counterspells your opponents cast (you cast something, they in response cast a counterspell and in response to the opponent's counterspell you cast Deflecting Swat targeting that counterspell and it changes to counter your Deflecting Swat instead the first spell you cast).

Archon of Coronation / Champions of Minas Tirith / Emberwilde Captain / Skyline Despot gives you the Monarch emblem back on ETB trigger, same as your commander, Queen Marchesa. Though it is little unorthodox flavor wise, sometimes it is actually a good strategy to allow your commander to die or at least let your enemies assume she is dead, "The rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated" after all. By allowing Queen Marchesa go back to the command zone, you can cast her again and gain back the Monarch emblem without having to attack and deal damage.

As the rightful sovereign, it is only fitting that you're demanding taxes from your subjects. The deck contains multiple cards that slow down your opponents or make them lose life when they dare to raise their hands against you.

Blind Obedience excellently slows down your opponents and you can drain their life also with Extort. Similarly you can drain your opponents life with Kambal, Consul of Allocation whenever they cast a noncreature spell.

Ob Nixilis Reignited

Breena, the Demagogue / Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

All the defenses and protection so far has lead to this, the endgame! While your opponents have been busy trying to get to you, you have been drawing cards and assembling a board state to unleash your master plan: a truly terrifying world ending combo of Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead / Dance of the Dead / Necromancy that causes your opponents to burn with any of the following cards:

Additionally you can replace Worldgorger Dragon with Leonin Relic-Warder and win the game with any of the four first listed permanents, or you can replace Worldgorger Dragon with Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward and win the game with any of the five first listed permanents.

Cards have been grouped by custom order.

Comments on the deck are welcome!

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97% Casual

Competitive

Top Ranked
Date added 7 years
Last updated 1 month
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

16 - 0 Mythic Rares

40 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

8 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.40
Tokens Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, City's Blessing, Dragon 5/5 R, Ogre 3/3 R, The Monarch
Folders edh, EDH, EDH Decks, Decks, Decklists, Mardu WBR, Mardu
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