Queen Marchesa establishes political control by becoming the monarch early and using a web of goad effects, forced-attack enchantments, and diplomatic incentives to redirect opponents' aggression toward each other rather than you. The deck's aikido core punishes players for attacking you directly by turning their own damage back on them or creating overwhelming blockers in response, while pillowfort effects and symmetrical card-draw tools like Trouble in Pairs and Smuggler's Share ensure you stay resourced without drawing hate. When opponents have sufficiently weakened each other, the deck closes with mass-punishment effects like Insurrection, Court of Ambition's sustained life drain, or Ruinous Ultimatum to capitalize on an exhausted table.

Queen of the Battlefield (#68) decklist

• Shattered Sanctum
• Galadriel's Dismissal
• Blazemire Verge
• Talisman of Conviction
• Mangara, the Diplomat
• Loran of the Third Path
• Breena, the Demagogue
• Kardur, Doomscourge
• Teyo, Geometric Tactician
• Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
• Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
• Orzhov Advokist
• Sol Ring
• Everybody Lives!
• Inkshield
• Shiny Impetus
• Arcane Signet
• Noble Heritage
• Caves of Koilos
• Haunted Ridge
• Sundown Pass
• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Sunbillow Verge
• Tataru Taru
• Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
• Sacred Foundry
• Godless Shrine
• Land Tax
• Fabled Passage
• Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• Marsh Flats
• Agitator Ant
• Hot Pursuit
• Shadrix Silverquill
• Archaeomancer's Map
• Maze of Ith
• Boros Charm
• Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• Backlash
• Delirium
• Disrupt Decorum
• Smuggler's Share
• Comeuppance
• Maximum Carnage
• Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
• Insurrection
• Bleachbone Verge
• Dawn Charm
• Blood Crypt
• 4× Mountain
• Olórin's Searing Light
• Bothersome Quasit
• Humble Defector
• Nighthawk Scavenger
• Taunt from the Rampart
• Dark Ritual
• Tenuous Truce
• Trouble in Pairs
• Court of Ambition
• Insatiable Avarice
• Bloodstained Mire
• 4× Plains
• Dawn's Truce
• Anguished Unmaking
• Curse of Opulence
• Coercive Impetus
• Black Widow, Agile Avenger
• Gleaming Splendor
• Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
• Spectator Seating
• Orim's Chant
• Path to Exile
• Court of Grace
• Secret Rendezvous
• Angel's Grace
• Deflecting Palm
• Ruinous Ultimatum
• Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• Savai Triome
• Mythos of Snapdax
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Despark
• Luxury Suite
• Hexing Squelcher
• Vault of Champions
• 4× Swamp
• Your Temple Is Under Attack