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Queen Marchesa Budget Build
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Est deck cost: $233.16
Salt sum: 39.37
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Commander

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Queen Marchesa

Deathtouch, haste When Queen Marchesa enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent is the monarch, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with deathtouch and haste.

Creature
Queen Marchesa (otc) 239

Commander

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Land

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Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (ncc) 386
Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (blc) 293
Bloodfell Caves

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Bloodfell Caves (dft) 251
Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (blc) 294
Canyon Slough

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Canyon Slough (who) 259
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (dsc) 268
Clifftop Retreat

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (blc) 300
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (otc) 289
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (drc) 162
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (fdn) 278
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (ncc) 416
Nomad Outpost

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

Land
Nomad Outpost (otc) 306
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (cmm) 661
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (j25) 83
Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (brc) 194
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
Scoured Barrens

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Scoured Barrens (dft) 263
Shadowblood Ridge

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Shadowblood Ridge (otc) 317
Shattered Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Mountain, Plains, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {R}{W}{B} ({R}{W}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Shattered Landscape (mh3) 226
Spectator Seating

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Spectator Seating (cmm) 427
Sundown Pass

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Sundown Pass (inr) 286
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (fdn) 276
Temple of Malice

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Malice (brc) 208
Temple of Silence

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (fdn) 704
Temple of Triumph

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Triumph (blc) 344
Vault of Champions

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 436
Wind-Scarred Crag

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Wind-Scarred Crag (dft) 271

Land

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Removal

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Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (40k) 204
Crackling Doom

Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.

Instant
Crackling Doom (2x2) 196
Disrupt Decorum

Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (mkc) 151
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (mkc) 64
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (cmm) 624
Kirtar's Wrath

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Threshold — If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, instead destroy all creatures, then create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Kirtar's Wrath (cmm) 35
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (blc) 143
Palace Jailer

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.

Creature
Palace Jailer (cmm) 47
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (cmm) 49
Promise of Loyalty

Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.

Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (blc) 148
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (dsc) 229
Return to Dust

Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Return to Dust (cmm) 52
Royal Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature
Royal Assassin (acr) 93
Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (pip) 220
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (drc) 37
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 646

Removal

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Creature

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Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate

First strike Whenever Alesha attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to Alesha's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate (fdn) 115
Perforating Artist

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Creature
Perforating Artist (fdn) 124

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Lifegain

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Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (2x2) 237
Vampire Nighthawk

Flying Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Vampire Nighthawk (fdn) 186

Lifegain

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Theft

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Insurrection

Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Insurrection (cmm) 236

Theft

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Discard

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Court of Ambition

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Enchantment
Court of Ambition (cmr) 114

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Protection

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Archon of Coronation

Flying When this creature enters, you become the monarch. As long as you're the monarch, damage doesn't cause you to lose life. (When a creature deals combat damage to you, its controller still becomes the monarch.)

Creature
Archon of Coronation (ncc) 192
Champions of Minas Tirith

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay {X}, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.

Creature
Champions of Minas Tirith (ltc) 10
Comeuppance

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Instant
Comeuppance (mkc) 58
Deflecting Palm

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Instant
Deflecting Palm (ktk) 173
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (mkc) 67
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Flying, first strike If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Creature
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight (mkc) 211
Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant
Inkshield (dsc) 221
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur enters, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able. Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Kardur, Doomscourge (dsc) 223
Selfless Squire

Flash When this creature enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Selfless Squire (mkc) 82
Take the Bait

Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn. Untap all attacking creatures and goad them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Instant
Take the Bait (mkc) 43
Windborn Muse

Flying Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Creature
Windborn Muse (mkc) 92

Protection

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Tokens

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Assemble the Legion

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a muster counter on this enchantment. Then create a 1/1 red and white Soldier creature token with haste for each muster counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Assemble the Legion (gtc) 142
Court of Embereth

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, this enchantment deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 32

Tokens

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Draw

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Breena, the Demagogue

Flying Whenever a player attacks one of your opponents, if that opponent has more life than another of your opponents, that attacking player draws a card and you put two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.

Creature
Breena, the Demagogue (otc) 217
Court of Ire

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target. If you're the monarch, it deals 7 damage instead.

Enchantment
Court of Ire (cmr) 663
Emberwilde Captain

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (blc) 145
Marchesa's Decree

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Marchesa's Decree (plst) CN2-44
Palace Sentinels

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Palace Sentinels (cmm) 48
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (c15) 267
Skyline Despot

Flying When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Creature
Skyline Despot (cmm) 254
Thorn of the Black Rose

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Thorn of the Black Rose (cmm) 190
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Xantcha enters under the control of an opponent of your choice. Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls. {3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

Creature
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent (cmm) 362

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (voc) 159
Boros Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Artifact
Boros Signet (blc) 128
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (cmm) 655
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Keeper of the Accord

At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more creatures than you, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Keeper of the Accord (pip) 164
Orzhov Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (c17) 219
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (mkc) 240
Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (drc) 142
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (dsc) 254
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256

Ramp

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Finisher

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Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

Trample Alexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos (acr) 33
Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery
Approach of the Second Sun (plst) AKH-4
Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 156

Finisher

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Recursion

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Court of Ardenvale

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand. If you're the monarch, return that permanent card to the battlefield instead.

Enchantment
Court of Ardenvale (woc) 21

Recursion

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Deck Info

Deck stats

39 pips - 30 cards
27 mana - 27 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
24 pips - 18 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
28 pips - 21 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
12 mana - 11 cards
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