Ok, so I just barely updated this list and plan on bringing it out of retirement. I realized my collection had all but like 8 cards for the list. I plan on proxying those while I see if it's something I want to spend $$$ on.

After suggestions for both additions and cuts please! Thanks in advance.

king-saproling Forgotten Ancient is already in the list lol. I'm also not casting stuff from anywhere but my hand really so I don't think Vega is a good fit here... did you mean something else?

I've only played this deck a hand full of times and I miss having access to black for a counters deck. I've reimagined my Reyhan/Ishai list and will probably switch to that tbh. It'd been retired a few years back but I only need like 8 cards or so to have the full list. Little Rey of Ishine (Reyhan/Ishai)

I think you'd want Divine Visitation's templating if you're still going for what's in the mock up.

@sean360 - Trust me, you don't want Prophet of Kruphix unbanned lol. That card in Animar, Soul of Elements was disgusting and equated to me playing longer turns than my opponents were... on everyone's turn. It also made it a nightmare to interact with because I had all my mana open every turn.

I can't say with certainty, but I'm pretty sure Animar taking 10+ minute turns on EVERYONE'S turn was 80% of the overall reason this got banned.

Recurring Nightmare 100%. With todays power creep I'm not even sure it'd get banned if they printed it today... that and I REALLY want to run it in Muldrotha lol.

If you want to be less combo oriented, you could always drop the heavy artifact emphasis and kinda spread things more evenly between artifacts and enchantments. This is how I built Alela personally and enchantments opens up a lot of possibilities including running Zur the Enchanter in the 99 and stuff like Imprisoned in the Moon, Oubliette, Grasp of Fate, Detention Sphere, Estrid's Invocation, Mirrormade, Favorable Winds, Propaganda/Ghostly Prison, Reconnaissance, etc.

Feel free to check out my list for ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Alela's Aerodynamics: A Master Course

The main thing I'm noticing is you're a bit flooded at your 4 drop slot. I only mention this because all those cards compete with your commander and can make for some clunky opening plays where nothing comes down before Marchesa. Replacing about 5 or so of these with 1, 2, and 3 drops will give a noticeable uptick in consistency for your early game.

Grim Haruspex deserves 1 of those spots. It's worth its weight in gold here.

Sage of Fables immediately protects Marchesa and allows you to abuse any wizard etb/death triggers on everyone's turn instead of once per round. The option for card draw is nice in a pinch also.

Vigean Graftmage is deceptively amazing here. It can immediately protect Marchesa and it allows you to abuse any 1 etb/death trigger (itself + 1 other) on everyone's turn.

Phantasmal Image is worth consideration just for its efficiency.

Seize the Spotlight is almost always going to draw 3 essentially for free, which is the lesser of 2 evils for your opponents. If they actually let you steal creatures... have fun with your new toys lol!

Feel free to check out my list for ideas. It's one of the top lists here on tappedout and I've been playing her for about 7 1/2 to 8 years now. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Every Masochist Needs a Marchesa to Love Them

Fetches I'll typically crack whenever. I'll only wait if the extra life for an untapped shock is questionable but needed for a potential instant speed answer I have in hand (i.e. Teferi's Protection and Mana Drain in hand but can only get to double blue OR white mana so I wait).

It's mainly top of deck tutors that have the necessity of being cast right before your turn so it's not milled or whatever.