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Queen Marchesa
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $482.32
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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 (cmr) 531
1

Discard

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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
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

When Kroxa enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless it escaped. Whenever Kroxa enters the battlefield or attacks, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent who didn't discard a nonland card this way loses 3 life. Escape—{B}{B}{R}{R}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Creature
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger (thb) 221
1

Draw

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Coercive Portal

Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice Coercive Portal and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

Artifact
Coercive Portal (cns) 56
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
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is Esper Sentinel's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
1
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (m21) 27
1
Marchesa's Decree

When Marchesa's Decree enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Marchesa's Decree (cn2) 44
1
Thorn of the Black Rose

Deathtouch When Thorn of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

Creature
Thorn of the Black Rose (cmr) 154
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) 32
1
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Xantcha, Sleeper Agent enters the battlefield under the control of an opponent of your choice. Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls. {3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

Creature
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent (sld) 1271
1

Enchantment

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Court of Ardenvale

When Court of Ardenvale enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand. If you're the monarch, return that permanent card to the battlefield instead.

Enchantment
Court of Ardenvale (woc) 21
1
Court of Embereth

When Court of Embereth enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, Court of Embereth deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 24
1
Court of Locthwain

When Court of Locthwain enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with Court of Locthwain without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Court of Locthwain (woc) 23
1

Instant

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Take the Bait

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn and only during combat. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn. Untap all attacking creatures and goad them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Instant
Take the Bait (mkc) 353
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 (c20) 257
1
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (c20) 259
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 (c20) 260
1
Clifftop Retreat

Clifftop Retreat enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (dom) 239
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (c20) 264
1
Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (m10) 223
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (iko) 247
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (c20) 273
1
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
1
Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (mh1) 241
1
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dmu) 280
3
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (c20) 292
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 (c20) 297
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dmu) 277
4
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 (c20) 300
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (m19) 254
1
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (rtr) 245
1
Savai Triome

({T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.) Savai Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Savai Triome (iko) 312
1
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Smoldering Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (c20) 314
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dmu) 279
4
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 (thb) 247
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 (m21) 255
1
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (c20) 319
1
Temple of Triumph

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

Land
Temple of Triumph (m20) 257
1
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (tsp) 279
1
Throne of the High City

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Throne of the High City: You become the monarch.

Land
Throne of the High City (cn2) 80
1

Lifegain

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Axis of Mortality

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have two target players exchange life totals.

Enchantment
Axis of Mortality (xln) 3
1
Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Kambal, Consul of Allocation (kld) 183
1

Protection

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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
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 (cmr) 444
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 (c19) 64
1
Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature
Grand Abolisher (cmm) 625
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
Norn's Annex

({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.) Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {W/P} for each of those creatures.

Artifact
Norn's Annex (plst) NPH-17
1
Phyrexian Unlife

You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. As long as you have 0 or less life, all damage is dealt to you as though its source had infect. (Damage is dealt to you in the form of poison counters.)

Enchantment
Phyrexian Unlife (nph) 18
1
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
1
Windborn Muse

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

Creature
Windborn Muse (c16) 80
1

Pump

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Crown of Doom

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn. {2}: Target player other than Crown of Doom's owner gains control of it. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Crown of Doom (c14) 55
1
Wall of Blood

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Pay 1 life: Wall of Blood gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Wall of Blood (mrd) 82
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (afc) 197
1
Boros Signet

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

Artifact
Boros Signet (c20) 239
1
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (plst) GRN-233
1
Curse of Opulence

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Curse of Opulence (c17) 24
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
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (c20) 247
1
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (c20) 249
1
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (rna) 22
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (c20) 252
1
Thaumatic Compass

Artifact
Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca (xln) 249Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca (xln) 249
1
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (cmr) 346
1

Recursion

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Luminous Broodmoth

Flying Whenever a creature you control without flying dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a flying counter on it.

Creature
Luminous Broodmoth (iko) 21
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 (c19) 76
1

Removal

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Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soi) 242
1
Capital Punishment

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

Sorcery
Capital Punishment (cn2) 40
1
Council's Judgment

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Sorcery
Council's Judgment (2xm) 11
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
Custodi Lich

When Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature.

Creature
Custodi Lich (cn2) 41
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
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (neo) 13
1
Lethal Vapors

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, destroy it. {0}: Destroy Lethal Vapors. You skip your next turn. Any player may activate this ability.

Enchantment
Lethal Vapors (scg) 68
1
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran of the Third Path enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (bro) 12
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
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (ncc) 208
1
Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (iko) 204
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (bbd) 110
1
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (c20) 231
1
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (rtr) 111
1

Stax

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Solemnity

Players can't get counters. Counters can't be put on artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or lands.

Enchantment
Solemnity (hou) 22
1

Tokens

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Elspeth, Sun's Champion

+1: Create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. −3: Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater. −7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying."

Planeswalker
Elspeth, Sun's Champion (moc) 182
1
Outlaws' Merriment

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one at random. Create a red and white creature token with those characteristics. • 3/1 Human Warrior with trample and haste. • 2/1 Human Cleric with lifelink and haste. • 1/2 Human Rogue with haste and "When this creature enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Enchantment
Outlaws' Merriment (eld) 198
1

Tutor

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Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (uma) 93
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
Sunforger

Equipped creature gets +4/+0. {R}{W}, Unattach Sunforger: Search your library for a red or white instant card with mana value 4 or less and cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then shuffle. Equip {3}

Artifact
Sunforger (c16) 275
1
Wishclaw Talisman

Wishclaw Talisman enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it. {1}, {T}, Remove a wish counter from Wishclaw Talisman: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. An opponent gains control of Wishclaw Talisman. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Wishclaw Talisman (eld) 110
1

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Description

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