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Marchesa, "Heavy is the head which wears the crown"
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $143.47
Salt Sum: 28.09
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Commander

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Queen Marchesa

Deathtouch, haste When Queen Marchesa enters the battlefield, 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 (cn2) 78
1

Artifact

Quantity: 12Price: $24.37
Bladed Battle-Fan

Flash When Bladed Battle-Fan enters the battlefield, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Bladed Battle-Fan (mom) 91
1
Bloodthirsty Blade

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) {1}: Attach Bloodthirsty Blade to target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Bloodthirsty Blade (c21) 235
1
Boros Signet

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

Artifact
Boros Signet (cmr) 459
1
Darksteel Plate

Indestructible Equipped creature has indestructible. Equip {2}

Artifact
Darksteel Plate (2x2) 304
1
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (plst) IMA-219
1
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (c21) 254
1
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (voc) 166
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (plst) C21-263
1
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. Talisman of Conviction deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (mh1) 230
1
Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Talisman of Hierarchy deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (mh1) 233
1
Tempting Contract

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent may create a Treasure token. For each opponent who does, you create a Treasure token.

Artifact
Tempting Contract (c21) 78
1
Thran Foundry

{1}, {T}, Exile Thran Foundry: Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.

Artifact
Thran Foundry (uds) 140
1

Creature

Quantity: 21Price: $27.43
Archon of Coronation

Flying When Archon of Coronation enters the battlefield, 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 (cmr) 9
1
Brash Taunter

Indestructible Whenever Brash Taunter is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent. {2}{R}, {T}: Brash Taunter fights another target creature.

Creature
Brash Taunter (m21) 133
1
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 (c21) 1
1
Dream Devourer

Each nonland card in your hand without foretell has foretell. Its foretell cost is equal to its mana cost reduced by {2}. (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile it from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.) Whenever you foretell a card, Dream Devourer gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Dream Devourer (khm) 90
1
Emberwilde Captain

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

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
1
General's Enforcer

Legendary Humans you control have indestructible. {2}{W}{B}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Creature
General's Enforcer (iko) 188
1
Geode Rager

First strike Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, goad each creature target player controls. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Geode Rager (znc) 6
1
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

Whenever you attack a player, tap target creature that player controls and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever an opponent attacks another one of your opponents, you and the attacking player each draw a card and lose 1 life.

Creature
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant (afc) 49
1
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur, Doomscourge enters the battlefield, 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 (khm) 324
1
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 (cmr) 27
1
Knight of the White Orchid

First strike When Knight of the White Orchid enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Knight of the White Orchid (moc) 193
1
Knight-Captain of Eos

When Knight-Captain of Eos enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. {W}, Sacrifice a Soldier: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Creature
Knight-Captain of Eos (ala) 17
1
Knights of the Black Rose

When Knights of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Knights of the Black Rose (cn2) 76
1
Phyrexian Vindicator

Flying If damage would be dealt to Phyrexian Vindicator, prevent that damage. When damage is prevented this way, Phyrexian Vindicator deals that much damage to any other target.

Creature
Phyrexian Vindicator (one) 27
1
Protector of the Crown

When Protector of the Crown enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Protector of the Crown instead.

Creature
Protector of the Crown (cn2) 21
1
Royal Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature
Royal Assassin (m11) 116
1
Selfless Spirit

Flying Sacrifice Selfless Spirit: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Selfless Spirit (j22) 239
1
Selfless Squire

Flash When Selfless Squire enters the battlefield, 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 Selfless Squire.

Creature
Selfless Squire (c21) 103
1
Skyline Despot

Flying When Skyline Despot enters the battlefield, 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 (afc) 140
1
Sun Titan

Vigilance Whenever Sun Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Sun Titan (plst) E01-21
1
Tragic Poet

{T}, Sacrifice Tragic Poet: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Tragic Poet (dom) 37
1

Enchantment

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Assemble the Legion

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

Enchantment
Assemble the Legion (gtc) 142
1
Court of Ambition

When Court of Ambition enters the battlefield, 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
1
Court of Grace

When Court of Grace enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. If you're the monarch, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying instead.

Enchantment
Court of Grace (cmr) 16
1
Court of Ire

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

Enchantment
Court of Ire (cmr) 170
1
Ghostly Prison

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

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (voc) 87
1
Guilty Conscience

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, Guilty Conscience deals that much damage to that creature.

Enchantment
Guilty Conscience (scg) 17
1
Noble Heritage

Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters the battlefield and at the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. For each opponent who does, you gain protection from that player until your next turn." (You can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)

Enchantment
Noble Heritage (clb) 35
1
Tenuous Truce

Enchant opponent At the beginning of enchanted opponent's end step, you and that player each draw a card. When you attack enchanted opponent or a planeswalker they control or when they attack you or a planeswalker you control, sacrifice Tenuous Truce.

Enchantment
Tenuous Truce (ncc) 87
1

Instant

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Backlash

Tap target untapped creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

Instant
Backlash (inv) 234
1
Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (gtc) 148
1
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 (c20) 205
1
Dawn Charm

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Instant
Dawn Charm (cmr) 371
1
Delirium

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn. Tap target creature that player controls. That creature deals damage equal to its power to the player. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by the creature this turn.

Instant
Delirium (mir) 260
1
Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Despark (war) 190
1
Dire Tactics

Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Instant
Dire Tactics (iko) 183
1
Fracture

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.

Instant
Fracture (stx) 188
1
Fury Storm

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Fury Storm (c18) 22
1
Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (nec) 84
1
Rakdos Charm

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

Instant
Rakdos Charm (afc) 190
1
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (c20) 231
1
Utter End

Exile target nonland permanent.

Instant
Utter End (c21) 232
1

Land

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Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. Battlefield Forge deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (c21) 278
1
Boros Garrison

Boros Garrison enters the battlefield tapped. When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Land
Boros Garrison (c21) 282
1
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (c21) 283
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (plst) C21-284
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (plst) C21-288
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (c19) 298
8
Nomad Outpost

Nomad Outpost enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

Land
Nomad Outpost (c20) 294
1
Orzhov Basilica

Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield tapped. When Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (afc) 253
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mid) 380
8
Rakdos Carnarium

Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield tapped. When Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (voc) 180
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (c19) 296
8
Tainted Field

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Field (c21) 320
1
Tainted Peak

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Peak (voc) 184
1
Temple of Malice

Temple of Malice enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Malice enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Malice (voc) 186
1
Temple of Silence

Temple of Silence enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Silence enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (c21) 325
1

Planeswalker

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Liliana of the Veil

+1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.

Planeswalker
Liliana of the Veil (dmu) 373
1

Sorcery

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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 (afc) 122
1
Incite Rebellion

For each player, Incite Rebellion deals damage to that player and each creature that player controls equal to the number of creatures they control.

Sorcery
Incite Rebellion (cm2) 108
1
Mine Excavation

Return target artifact or enchantment card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Sorcery
Mine Excavation (shm) 13
1
Mythos of Snapdax

Each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest. If {B}{R} was spent to cast this spell, you choose the permanents for each player instead.

Sorcery
Mythos of Snapdax (iko) 24
1
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 (c21) 21
1
Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113
1
Secret Rendezvous

You and target opponent each draw three cards.

Sorcery
Secret Rendezvous (stx) 26
1
Tragic Arrogance

For each player, you choose from among the permanents that player controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker. Then each player sacrifices all other nonland permanents they control.

Sorcery
Tragic Arrogance (c21) 109
1

Maybeboard

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Cloudshift

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Instant
Cloudshift (jmp) 97
1
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
1
Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment
Duelist's Heritage (ncc) 197
1
Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Eerie Interlude (khc) 22
1
Ephemerate

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Ephemerate (plst) MH1-7
1
Flicker of Fate

Exile target creature or enchantment, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Instant
Flicker of Fate (j22) 56
1
Hammer of Nazahn

Whenever Hammer of Nazahn or another Equipment enters the battlefield under your control, you may attach that Equipment to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has indestructible. Equip {4}

Artifact
Hammer of Nazahn (2xm) 260
1
Path of Mettle

Enchantment
Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph (rix) 165Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph (rix) 165
1
Vedalken Orrery

You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Artifact
Vedalken Orrery (2x2) 317
1
Wedding Ring

When Wedding Ring enters the battlefield, if it was cast, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring draws a card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.

Artifact
Wedding Ring (voc) 70
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Prepare to Polish up your Political skills while piloting this little deck. I based it on someone else's brew and expanded outwards because my friends said he thought I'd like this commander, and the idea is pretty neat if I'm honest.\n"}]}
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