Murders and Acquisitions (Marchesa Superiority)

Commander / EDH Control Multiplayer Tempo UBR (Grixis)

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Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Instant (8)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (25)

• 1x Akki Battle Squad
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Profaner of the Dead
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Unforgiving One
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x The Ozolith

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Thran Vigil
• 1x Uncivil Unrest
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Iron Apprentice
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Skyline Despot

Artifact (1)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern

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Creature (50)

• 1x Audacious Thief
• 1x Blood Scrivener
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Cloudkin Seer
• 1x Council of Advisors
• 1x Darkslick Drake
• 1x Deepfathom Skulker
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Grixis Battlemage
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Iron Apprentice
• 1x Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Kethek, Crucible Goliath
• 1x Loyal Drake
• 1x Merchant of Secrets
• 1x Muse Drake
• 1x Nimble Innovator
• 1x Novijen Sages
• 1x Oculus
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Orcish Bowmasters
• 1x Palace Familiar
• 1x Phyrexian Rager
• 1x Pondering Mage
• 1x Psychic Symbiont
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Purple-Crystal Crab
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Runewing
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Scroll Thief
• 1x Silvergill Adept
• 1x Soulreaper of Mogis
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Surveilling Sprite
• 1x Thought Sponge
• 1x Tome Raider
• 1x Vigean Graftmage
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Shifting Shadow
• 1x Shivan Harvest

Artifact (7)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dragon Blood
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Land (9)

• 1x Barbarian Ring
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Pit
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Instant (4)

• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Victimize

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Marchesa is hard to define as no Commander really operates on the same lines. Sometimes I feel like Marchesa is too good for casual but not good enough for competitive. She's really fun and interactive, with a lot of neat and unusual card interactions. Because her trigger is a delayed trigger she makes your wraths one-sided and your opponents' wraths don't set you back at all. The mana constraints can be difficult, which is why I run a lot of artifact and land fixing. The deck performs drastically different when you resolve Sneak Attack, becoming a lot more reactionary and controlling,

There is a small Wizards subtheme to the deck, so cards like Sage of Fables and Metallic Mimic can help you get immediate and constant value out of your Wizards, which Marchesa conveniently happens to be. Glen Elandra gives you reusable counterspells. Puppeteer Clique can go infinite with a sac outlet and Sage or Mimic in play, but requires your opponents to have something in their yard to complete the win. This is the only deck I actually like Disciple of Bolas in, and here he is a CHAMP. Because of the nature of Marchesas Dethrone trigger, you want to be able to keep yourself at a low life total. Disciple is one of the only ways to gain life, but he can pull you right back from the brink. The raw draw power is incredible too.

This deck is very weak to any sort of constant 'Yard hate. Cards like Anafenza, Scooze or even Deathrite can shut us down. One shot 'Yard removal can be played around by trying to force their hand without going all in. Another weakness to the deck is the small pieces are so synergistic that it requires things to be working for it to really work well. Late game top decking can be very hard to catch back up. Another issue with the deck is it can be so grindy and irritating to opponents that they will see you as a bigger threat than you potentially are, and the table will work together to try to take you out.

Top Ranked	Achieved #39 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tempo 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tribal 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 months
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 1 Mythic Rares 62 - 4 Rares 11 - 1 Uncommons 7 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dragon 5/5 R, Monarch Emblem, Treasure
Folders	EDH, EDH Decks, EDH matchups, DEcks
Based on	Marchesa Casual/Competitive axelrodgunnerson EDH