Roses of May -- (Marchesa Threaten)

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Counters Flying Reanimator Sacrifice Theft UBR (Grixis)

Optimator

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x High Market
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Instant (1)

• 1x Act of Aggression

Creature (29)

• 1x Archpriest of Shadows
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Captivating Crew *f-pre*
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Flayer of the Hatebound
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Pollywog Prodigy
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x River Kelpie
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Scorn-Blade Berserker
• 1x Spark Double *f-pre*
• 1x Thalakos Deceiver
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Thran Vigil
• 1x Uncivil Unrest
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x By Force
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Seize the Spotlight
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Threaten
• 1x Vandalblast

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Maybeboard

Creature (122)

• 1x Archaeomancer SL
• 1x Ayara, Widow of the Realm SL  ^Flip
• 1x Ayara's Oathsworn
• 1x Baleful Strix SL
• 1x Bazaar Trader SL
• 1x Bladegriff Prototype
• 1x Blood Tyrant SL
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur SL
• 1x Bone Devourer
• 1x Butcher Ghoul SL
• 1x Butcher of Malakir SL
• 1x Cavalier of Night SL
• 1x Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1x Chasm Skulker SL
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor SL
• 1x Combustion Man
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate SL
• 2x Danny Pink
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker SL
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar SL
• 1x Desecration Demon SL
• 1x Diluvian Primordial SL
• 1x Disciple of Bolas SL
• 1x Doom Weaver SL
• 1x Dreadhorde Butcher
• 1x Drillworks Mole
• 1x Enduring Curiosity
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 2x Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder SL
• 2x Gau, Feral Youth
• 1x Gev, Scaled Scorch
• 1x Giggling Skitterspike
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury SL
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Helium Squirter SL
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Hound of Griselbrand SL
• 1x Ignition Team SL
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 2x Iron Apprentice
• 2x Kefka, Court Mage  ^Flip
• 1x Kels, Fight Fixer
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Lord Xander, the Collector
• 1x Loyal Inventor
• 1x Maddening Imp SL
• 1x Mahadi, Emporium Master SL
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Molten Primordial SL
• 2x Mulldrifter SL
• 1x Necropolis Regent SL
• 1x Nevermaker SL
• 1x Nightscape Familiar SL
• 1x Nightshade Harvester SL
• 2x Nikara, Lair Scavenger SL
• 1x Novijen Sages SL
• 2x Oona's Blackguard
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester SL
• 1x Plaguecrafter SL
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite SL
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 1x Profaner of the Dead SL
• 1x Pyreheart Wolf SL
• 1x Rankle and Torbran SL
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra SL
• 1x Reef Worm SL
• 2x Rikku, Resourceful Guardian
• 1x Rowan, Scion of War
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Sapphire Drake SL
• 2x Satoru, the Infiltrator
• 2x Scorn-Blade Berserker
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Scrapper Champion
• 1x Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER  ^Flip
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial SL
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Simic Fluxmage SL
• 1x Sinkhole Surveyor
• 1x Skyclave Shadowcat
• 1x Slaughter Specialist SL
• 1x Smothering Abomination SL
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum SL
• 1x Soulblade Corrupter
• 1x Souldrinker SL
• 2x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi SL
• 1x Stalking Vengeance SL
• 1x Stormbound Geist SL
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Tenured Inkcaster
• 1x Thieving Amalgam SL
• 1x Thought Sponge SL
• 1x Thundering Raiju
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Treasonous Ogre SL
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Vengeant Vampire SL
• 1x Vigean Graftmage SL
• 1x Vincent Valentine  ^Flip
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Zealous Conscripts SL

Sorcery (50)

• 1x Act of Treason SL
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x All is Dust SL
• 1x Ambition's Cost SL
• 1x Ancient Craving SL
• 1x Ashes to Ashes SL
• 1x Blasphemous Edict
• 1x Blood for Bones SL
• 1x Breach the Multiverse SL
• 2x Bribery SL
• 1x Curse of the Swine SL
• 1x Damnable Pact SL
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Drawn from Dreams SL
• 1x Finale of Revelation SL
• 1x Harness by Force SL
• 2x Insurrection
• 1x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Living Death
• 2x Lunar Insight
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Mutinous Massacre
• 1x Night's Whisper SL
• 1x Painful Truths SL
• 1x Portent of Betrayal SL
• 1x Press into Service
• 1x Profane Transfusion
• 1x Promise of Power
• 1x Read the Bones SL
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Ritual of the Machine SL
• 1x Shackles of Treachery SL
• 1x Sign in Blood SL
• 1x Slave of Bolas SL
• 2x Song-Mad Treachery  ^Flip
• 1x Stock Up
• 2x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traitorous Blood SL
• 1x Traitorous Instinct SL
• 1x Victimize SL
• 1x Will of the Abzan
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Wrangle

Artifact (26)

• 2x Agatha's Soul Cauldron
• 1x Anduril, Narsil Reforged
• 1x Angel's Trumpet SL
• 1x Astrologian's Planisphere
• 1x Bident of Thassa SL
• 1x Brotherhood Regalia
• 1x Cold Storage SL
• 1x Culling Dais SL
• 1x Eriette's Tempting Apple
• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros SL
• 1x Mirror Shield SL
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk SL
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet SL
• 1x Scroll of Fate SL
• 1x Skyclave Relic
• 2x Spawning Pit SL
• 1x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
• 2x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Tome of Legends SL
• 1x Weapon Rack SL
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak SL

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Geyadrone Dihada
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Enchantment (31)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast SL  ^Flip
• 1x Attrition SL
• 1x Bedlam SL
• 1x Case of the Stashed Skeleton
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Curator's Ward SL
• 1x Dark Prophecy SL
• 1x Dark Tutelage SL
• 1x Feast on the Fallen SL
• 1x Fervor SL
• 1x Frostcliff Siege
• 1x Funeral Room / Awakening Hall
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Greed SL
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon SL
• 1x Kumena's Awakening SL
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Military Intelligence SL
• 1x Mirror Room / Fractured Realm
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission SL
• 1x Shifting Shadow SL
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Soul Ransom SL
• 1x Teval's Judgment
• 1x Unholy Indenture
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Virtue of Persistence
• 1x Warstorm Surge SL

Land (32)

• 1x Barbarian Ring
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Cabal Pit
• 2x Castle Locthwain
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals SL
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 2x Guildmages' Forum
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Midgar, City of Mako
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 3x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge SL
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 2x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (25)

• 1x Altar's Reap SL
• 1x Arcane Denial SL
• 1x Astarion's Thirst SL
• 1x Bedevil SL
• 1x Cauldron Dance SL
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fact or Fiction SL
• 1x Grab the Reins SL
• 1x Hagra Mauling  ^Flip
• 1x Kazuul's Fury  ^Flip
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Necrologia SL
• 1x Negate SL
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow SL
• 1x Rapid Hybridization SL
• 1x Ray of Command SL
• 1x Spinal Embrace SL
• 1x Swan Song
• 2x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 2x Withering Torment
• 1x Word of Seizing SL

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Version 2.4 - - - 10/25/25

Please up-vote so Marchesa doesn't switch to Mardu colors and send a bunch of assassins after us!

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One of my favorite tactics is everyone's least favorite to go up against: Theft! Marchesa, the Black Rose's mechanic is an entertaining and unique way to use red-colored theft cards to permanently steal creatures without attaching a removable Enchantment to them. She also provides a board-presence as well as any commander can, with her potent ability to resurrect dudes back to the battlefield quite reliably. Fun stuff! Some ETB abuse can be found but not as much as perhaps some Marchesa decks.

I used Budget Marchesa, the Black Rose as the deck's skeleton and upgraded from there.

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Cards to likely add: Show

Owned:

Bribery -

Not owned:

Gau, Feral Youth - Satoru, the Infiltrator

Chaos Warp - Song-Mad Treachery   - Withering Torment

Underground River - Drowned Catacomb - Castle Locthwain

Cards to maybe add: Show

Owned:

Mahadi, Emporium Master -

Not Owned:

Glen Elendra Archmage - Iron Apprentice - Danny Pink - Rikku, Resourceful Guardian

Teval's Judgment - Withering Torment -

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An SL in the Maybeboard means I own the card. MP means it's a potential cut. Cards with an HP are proxies.

Audited 12/05/19

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 hours
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.30
Tokens	Inkling 2/1 WB, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
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