Political Subterfuge - Marchesa Aikido (by alexjustdoit)

Queen Marchesa Commander Deck

Queen Marchesa leads a political aikido deck that wins by turning opponents' aggression against them rather than building its own threats. A dense suite of damage redirection, prevention-punisher, and goad effects — including Brash Taunter and Arcbond as centerpieces — means the more opponents attack and overextend, the more damage bounces back at them, while pillowfort and taxing enchantments divert threats elsewhere at the table. The deck can also lock out all damage and life loss entirely through the combination of Phyrexian Unlife and Delaying Shield, making the pilot literally unable to lose while the table destroys itself.

Decklist

• Aura of Silence
• Chaos Warp
• Duelist's Heritage
• Ghostly Prison
• Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• Demonic Tutor
• Sacred Foundry
• Anguished Unmaking
• Mistveil Plains
• Smothering Tithe
• Boros Charm
• Arid Mesa
• Marsh Flats
• Kor Haven
• Badlands
• Plateau
• Scrubland
• Mangara, the Diplomat
• Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• Talisman of Conviction
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Arcane Signet
• Command Tower
• Deflecting Swat
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Phyrexian Unlife
• Winding Canyons
• Delirium
• Savai Triome
• Rakdos Charm
• Volrath's Stronghold
• Swamp
• Bloodstained Mire
• Flooded Strand
• Wooded Foothills
• Windswept Heath
• Comeuppance
• Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca
• Erebos, God of the Dead
• Delaying Shield
• Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
• Tibalt's Trickery
• Breena, the Demagogue
• Mind Stone
• Selfless Squire
• Inkshield
• Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• Esper Sentinel
• Dauthi Voidwalker
• Mirage Mirror
• Wild Magic Surge
• Deep Gnome Terramancer
• Black Market Connections
• Drana and Linvala
• Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• Taunt from the Rampart
• Fellwar Stone
• Treasure Nabber
• Galadriel's Dismissal
• Blood Crypt
• Godless Shrine
• Trouble in Pairs
• Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• Horizon of Progress
• Hushbringer
• Scrawling Crawler
• Winds of Abandon
• Brash Taunter
• Scheming Symmetry
• Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• Sol Ring
• Vault of the Archangel
• Land Tax
• Prismatic Vista
• Arcbond
• Wheel of Fortune
• Path to Exile
• Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• Wear // Tear
• Reliquary Tower
• Sunforger
• Teferi's Protection
• Reverberate
• Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• Nighthawk Scavenger
• Swords to Plowshares
• Scalding Tarn
• Generous Gift
• Stroke of Midnight
• Thought Vessel
• Polluted Delta
• Untimely Malfunction
• Return the Favor
• Deflecting Palm
• 2× Mountain
• 2× Plains