Queen Marchesa
Queen Marchesa Commander Deck
Queen Marchesa leads a political chaos deck that uses the monarch mechanic as both a resource engine and a threat multiplier, generating deathtouch assassin tokens whenever an opponent holds the crown. The deck encourages enemies to fight each other through goading effects, curses that reward opponents for attacking one another, and cards like Disrupt Decorum and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant that force unfavorable attacks across the table. A critical mass of deathtouch creatures backed by damage doublers like Furnace of Rath and life-draining synergies through lifelink and death triggers lets the deck grind out wins after the table has weakened itself.
Decklist
- 10× Mountain
- Sword of the Animist
- Sword of Hearth and Home
- Ruby Medallion
- Battlefly Swarm
- Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight
- Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
- Hired Poisoner
- Hullcarver
- Ruthless Ripper
- Tinybones, the Pickpocket
- Advance Scout
- Typhoid Rats
- Vampire of the Dire Moon
- Fetid Imp
- Gifted Aetherborn
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
- Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order
- Triumphant Adventurer
- Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
- Graveblade Marauder
- Archetype of Courage
- Midnight Assassin
- Nighthawk Scavenger
- Bone Picker
- Harvester of Souls
- Vampire Nighthawk
- Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
- Chromatic Lantern
- Orzhov Signet
- Rakdos Signet
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Weapon Surge
- Talisman of Conviction
- Kardur, Doomscourge
- Life of the Party
- Immortal Obligation
- Bothersome Quasit
- Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
- Curse of Opulence
- Curse of Disturbance
- Curse of Vitality
- Athreos, God of Passage
- Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
- Witch-king of Angmar
- Knighthood
- Valor
- 10× Plains
- 15× Swamp
- Deadpool, Trading Card
- Faithless Looting
- Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
- Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
- Starlight Spectacular
- Furnace of Rath
- Jet Medallion
- Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
- Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
- Sol Ring
- Norn's Annex
- Arcane Signet
- Gonti, Night Minister
- Disrupt Decorum
- Swords to Plowshares
- Breena, the Demagogue
- Rite of the Raging Storm