MMM: Marchesa's Magic Mafia (Budget)

Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Harbinger of the Tides
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
• 1x Izzet Chemister
• 1x Izzet Chronarch
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sea Gate Oracle
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Fervor
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Land (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 10x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Spelltwine

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Twincast

Artifact (7)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Maybeboard

Creature (20)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Body Double
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Magus of the Mind
• 1x Mairsil, the Pretender
• 1x Merchant of Secrets
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Nivix Guildmage
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Serendib Sorcerer
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Vindictive Lich

Instant (7)

• 1x Cauldron Dance
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Silumgar's Command

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Curse of Verbosity

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mirror of the Forebears
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Gruesome Menagerie
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Unearth

Land (4)

• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh

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The goal I had in mind when making this list was to create a budget-friendly deck that could best represent my playing style, which considers more important to be able to keep the level of fun and "style" high at every game rather than aiming for the victory. I wanted a deck held together by a theme, a story, and at the same time able to make explosive turns that could take opponents off guard. My choice therefore fell on Marchesa, the Black Rose: in addition to having an ability that can safeguard my creatures, it combines well with the wizards tribal that I really like. Initially I thought of choosing Inalla, Archmage Ritualist as commander, but her ability, even if interesting, did not satisfy my style of play. Marchesa instead allows to give a revive and graveyard related tone to the deck, which I appreciate most. Inalla remains however in the 99, in fact the deck, as you probably have already noticed, is an upgrade of the preconstructed deck "Arcane Wizardry". The mana base, however, is practically unchanged, due to the budget. I only changed the vivid lands (because there is nothing more annoying than playing dice on the lands) with other lands that I had in my collection, including Watery Grave, which is not very budget but because I didn't use it I couldn't leave it out (the same is for Rhystic Study).

The goal of this deck is therefore to stay low to the ground for the first few turns, trying to fill the graveyard with istants, sorceries and creatures, and then reuse them to surprise the opponents. The win conditions of this deck are mainly two:

• Galecaster Colossus, which can control the battlefield while being protected by our commander;
• Flayer of the Hatebound, who is not a magician, but together with our commander's ability it will be removable only by an exile effect, and will allow us to use this last ability in a damage source.This card works very well with Living Death, giving us the opportunity to end the game in a stylish way.   The strongest card in this deck is definitely Buried Alive: by using it we are able to semi-tutor the cards discussed before, and if copied or casted several times it can fill our graveyard very quickly.

Naru Meha, Master Wizard is one of my favorite cards in the deck: it has a lord effect, and allows us to copy the spells we cast at a balanced mana cost. I decided not to include blink-effect cards like Ghostly Flicker, simply because infinite combos are interesting, but they don't drive me crazy.

And that's it! I listed all the cards that I removed from the original preconstructed deck, plus all the cards that I tested but didn't make the cut.

Feel free to give me advice on what to add to this deck, especially regarding the manabase, or which upgrades you would prioritize in a less budget-friendly build.

Yeah, Cyclonic Rift, I know hahahahah

Consider upvoting if you liked the deck tech! See you on the next one ;)

Post Scriptum:

"MMM". Why? Sounded cool. Why Mafia? Well, a group of wizards that you thought was dead but in reality it is not because it had planned everything from the beginning makes me think of mobsters. In grixis colors? Yeah, definitely mafia.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.65
Tokens	Copy Clone, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Manifest 2/2 C
Folders	good