Queen Marchesa
Queen Marchesa Commander Deck
Queen Marchesa drives a politics-and-pressure strategy built around the monarch mechanic, deliberately ceding and reclaiming the crown to generate a steady stream of deathtouch Assassin tokens while accumulating card advantage. The deck layers deathtouch distribution across the board through creatures like Odric, Lunarch Marshal and Ankle Shanker, making combat extremely punishing for opponents and discouraging attacks while the deck builds its board. Victory comes through incremental damage pressure, Treasure-fueled mana advantage, and a wide army of efficient, evasive, and deathtouch-enabled creatures that punish opponents for attacking into or ignoring the board.
Decklist
- Ankle Shanker
- Arcane Signet
- Archon of Coronation
- Aurelia, the Law Above
- Ayara's Oathsworn
- Basilisk Collar
- Big Score
- Bojuka Bog
- Chain Assassination
- Chaos Warp
- Citadel Gate
- Cliffgate
- Commander's Sphere
- Concealed Courtyard
- Court of Ardenvale
- Court of Grace
- Crackling Doom
- Despark
- Diamond Pick-Axe
- Emberwilde Captain
- Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
- General's Enforcer
- Guildsworn Prowler
- Hunter of Eyeblights
- Kelsien, the Plague
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Mari, the Killing Quill
- Massacre Girl
- Nekrataal
- Odric, Lunarch Marshal
- Orzhov Signet
- Pitiless Plunderer
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Promise of Loyalty
- Reckoner Bankbuster
- Rip Apart
- Rose Room Treasurer
- Royal Assassin
- Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
- Shadrix Silverquill
- Sheltered by Ghosts
- Talisman of Conviction
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Tenuous Truce
- Termination Facilitator
- Tragic Slip
- Unmake
- Unquestioned Authority
- Vindicate
- Wear
- Welcoming Vampire
- Ash Barrens
- Austere Command
- Black Dragon Gate
- Caves of Koilos
- Clifftop Retreat
- Command Tower
- Evolving Wilds
- Foot Headquarters
- 5× Mountain
- Nomad Outpost
- Path of Ancestry
- 10× Plains
- Rakdos Signet
- Skullclamp
- Sol Ring
- 8× Swamp
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- Custodi Lich
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
- Thorn of the Black Rose
- Vengeful Ancestor
- Victimize
- Grave Venerations
- Marchesa's Decree
- Revenge of Ravens
- Court of Ire
- Ghoulish Impetus
- Bloodthirsty Blade