Maybeboard

Creature (106)

Sorcery (49)

Artifact (25)

Planeswalker (3)

Enchantment (29)

Land (31)

Instant (24)


Version 2.2 - - - 9/26/23

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


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.


Cards to maybe add: Show


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

Suggestions

Updates Add

Added: Uncivil Unrest, Scorn-Blade Berserker, Path of Ancestry, Zara, Renegade Recruiter, Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Necromantic Selection, Braids, Arisen Nightmare, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician.

Removed: Cyclonic Rift, Killing Wave, Dack's Duplicate, Zealous Conscripts, Plaguecrafter, Greed, Vivid Creek, and Vigean Graftmage

Added some old-border cards from Brothers' War Commander decks.

Wanted to put the rift in a different deck. Was looking through EDHREC and saw a few upgrades I knew I had in my collection but didn't realize how good they were in Marchesa. A couple of side-grades too. I liked every card I took out, but I also wanted to shake things up a bit.

I really want to find a spot to try out Archpriest of Shadows but I like all my creatures. Maybe remove one Threaten effect? That's the deck's gimmick though. Maybe Puppeteer Clique, but it's really good in Marchesa generally, and stealing from opponents' graveyards is also a bit of a subtheme.

Comments View Archive

97% Casual

Competitive

Revision 102 See all

(3 weeks ago)

+1 Blasphemous Edict maybe
+2 Lunar Insight maybe
Date added 8 years
Last updated 3 weeks
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

5 - 0 Mythic Rares

43 - 0 Rares

24 - 0 Uncommons

15 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.34
Tokens Inkling 2/1 WB, Morph 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U, Treasure
Folders +1 Non-Budget, Commander Decks, Merchesa, Deck Inspiration, Marchesa the Majesty, Marchesa, Budget, My Decks, Marchesa Commander decks, Interesting Decks
Votes
Ignored suggestions
Shared with
Views