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All Hail Queen Marchesa
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Est deck cost: $502.86
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Commander

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Queen Marchesa

Deathtouch, haste When Queen Marchesa enters, 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 (cn2) 78

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Land

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Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Arid Mesa (zen) 211
Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (9ed) 318
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (plst) DIS-171
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Boros Garrison

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Land
Boros Garrison (rav) 275
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (md1) 14
Clifftop Retreat

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (isd) 238
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (plst) CMD-269
Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (m12) 225
Eiganjo Castle

{T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target legendary creature this turn.

Land
Eiganjo Castle (chk) 275
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (con) 142
Forbidden Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Land
Forbidden Orchard (v12) 6
Godless Shrine

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

Land
Godless Shrine (gtc) 242
Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (isd) 242
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (zen) 219
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (scd) 345
Nomad Outpost

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

Land
Nomad Outpost (cmm) 1016
Orzhov Basilica

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (cmd) 283
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (scd) 334
Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (dis) 178
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (rtr) 245
Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Sacred Foundry (gtc) 245
Shattered Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Mountain, Plains, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {R}{W}{B} ({R}{W}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Shattered Landscape (mh3) 226
Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Sulfurous Springs (wc01) tvdl345
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 264
Vivid Crag

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {R}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Crag (mma) 225
Vivid Marsh

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Marsh (mma) 228
Vivid Meadow

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Meadow (mma) 229

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Brash Taunter

Indestructible Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent. {2}{R}, {T}: This creature fights another target creature.

Creature
Brash Taunter (m21) 133
Children of Korlis

Sacrifice this creature: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Children of Korlis (tsp) 8
Ghostly Prison

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

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (pc2) 7
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Flying, first strike If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Creature
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight (avr) 209
Nighthawk Scavenger

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink Nighthawk Scavenger's power is equal to 1 plus the number of card types among cards in your opponents' graveyards.

Creature
Nighthawk Scavenger (pznr) 115p
Nils, Discipline Enforcer

At the beginning of your end step, for each player, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature that player controls. Each creature with one or more counters on it can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

Creature
Nils, Discipline Enforcer (c21) 20
Orzhov Advokist

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. If a player does, creatures that player controls can't attack you or planeswalkers you control until your next turn.

Creature
Orzhov Advokist (mkc) 77
Phyrexian Vindicator

Flying If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. When damage is prevented this way, this creature deals that much damage to any other target.

Creature
Phyrexian Vindicator (one) 27
Royal Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature
Royal Assassin (10e) 174
Selfless Squire

Flash When this creature enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Selfless Squire (mkc) 82
Vampire Nighthawk

Flying Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Vampire Nighthawk (zen) 116

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Rocks and Fixing

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Boros Signet

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

Artifact
Boros Signet (rav) 255
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (c14) 54
Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Land Tax (wot) 9
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (gpt) 155
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dis) 165
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (mh1) 230
Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (mh1) 233
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (scd) 282
Weathered Wayfarer

{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Creature
Weathered Wayfarer (plst) ONS-59

Rocks and Fixing

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Attack Each Other...

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Agitator Ant

At the beginning of your end step, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. Goad each creature that had counters put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Agitator Ant (mkc) 145
Breena, the Demagogue

Flying Whenever a player attacks one of your opponents, if that opponent has more life than another of your opponents, that attacking player draws a card and you put two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.

Creature
Breena, the Demagogue (c21) 1
Dictate of the Twin Gods

Flash If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Dictate of the Twin Gods (scd) 131
Disrupt Decorum

Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (mkc) 151
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur enters, 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) 216
Shadrix Silverquill

Flying, double strike At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may choose two. Each mode must target a different player. • Target player creates a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. • Target player draws a card and loses 1 life. • Target player puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature they control.

Creature
Shadrix Silverquill (stx) 230

Attack Each Other...

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Sunforger Package

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Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (psoi) 242p
Arcbond

Choose target creature. Whenever that creature is dealt damage this turn, it deals that much damage to each other creature and each player.

Instant
Arcbond (frf) 91
Backlash

Tap target untapped creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

Instant
Backlash (inv) 234
Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (gtc) 148
Dawn Charm

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Instant
Dawn Charm (plc) 4
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 (mkc) 205
Delirium

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn. Tap target creature that player controls. That creature deals damage equal to its power to the player. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by the creature this turn.

Instant
Delirium (mir) 260
Display of Power

This spell can't be copied. Copy any number of target instant and/or sorcery spells. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Instant
Display of Power (ltr) 119
Fire Covenant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Fire Covenant deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

Instant
Fire Covenant (ice) 289
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (cmm) 624
Gideon's Sacrifice

Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen permanent instead (if it's still on the battlefield).

Instant
Gideon's Sacrifice (war) 14
Mistveil Plains

({T}: Add {W}.) This land enters tapped. {W}, {T}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library. Activate only if you control two or more white permanents.

Land
Mistveil Plains (plst) UMA-247
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 (con) 15
Pyroblast

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

Instant
Pyroblast (ice) 213
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (rtr) 184
Red Elemental Blast

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Instant
Red Elemental Blast (3ed) 171
Reverberate

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Reverberate (40k) 207
Skullcrack

Players can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Instant
Skullcrack (rvr) 125
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Sunforger

Equipped creature gets +4/+0. {R}{W}, Unattach this Equipment: 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 (cmr) 473
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (plst) C16-78
Valakut Awakening

Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174
Wear

Instant
Wear // Tear (dgm) 135

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Card Advantage

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Esper Sentinel

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

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Humble Defector

{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of this creature. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Humble Defector (ltc) 222
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran enters, 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
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
Painful Truths

Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Sorcery
Painful Truths (bfz) 120
Secret Rendezvous

You and target opponent each draw three cards.

Sorcery
Secret Rendezvous (stx) 26

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Tech and Other Stuff

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Aven Mindcensor

Flash Flying If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Creature
Aven Mindcensor (fut) 18
Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (gtc) 6
Dauthi Voidwalker

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it. {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Dauthi Voidwalker (mh2) 81
Hushbringer

Flying, lifelink Creatures entering or dying don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature
Hushbringer (eld) 18
Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant
Inkshield (c21) 71
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
Mob Rule

Choose one — • Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. • Gain control of all creatures with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mob Rule (frf) 109
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
Shred Memory

Exile up to four target cards from a single graveyard. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant
Shred Memory (rav) 105

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Maybeboard

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Dark Depths

Dark Depths enters with ten ice counters on it. {3}: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths. When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

Land
Dark Depths (dmr) 244
Demonic Tutor

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

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (2ed) 105
Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Despark (war) 190
Fiery Emancipation

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Fiery Emancipation (wot) 42
Furnace of Rath

If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Furnace of Rath (plst) TMP-177
Hushwing Gryff

Flash Flying Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature
Hushwing Gryff (c16) 68
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays {3}.

Creature
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (wwk) 84
Master of Ceremonies

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent chooses money, friends, or secrets. For each player who chose money, you and that player each create a Treasure token. For each player who chose friends, you and that player each create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. For each player who chose secrets, you and that player each draw a card.

Creature
Master of Ceremonies (ncc) 18
Master of Cruelties

First strike, deathtouch This creature can only attack alone. Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.

Creature
Master of Cruelties (2x2) 251
Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.

Creature
Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker (sld) 259
Mirage Mirror

{2}: This artifact becomes a copy of target artifact, creature, enchantment, or land until end of turn.

Artifact
Mirage Mirror (cmm) 962
Opposition Agent

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Creature
Opposition Agent (cmr) 141
Settle the Wreckage

Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Settle the Wreckage (xln) 34
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 token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant
Sudden Spoiling (c14) 164
Suture Priest

Whenever another creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.

Creature
Suture Priest (nph) 25
Thespian's Stage

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.

Land
Thespian's Stage (plst) GTC-248
Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

Whenever Varchild deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens. Survivors your opponents control can't block, and they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. When Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.

Creature
Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (c18) 28
Vengeful Ancestor

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever a goaded creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to its controller.

Creature
Vengeful Ancestor (clb) 812

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Deck Info

Deck stats

36 pips - 31 cards
27 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
22 pips - 18 cards
24 mana - 23 cards
28 pips - 23 cards
24 mana - 23 cards
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0 mana - 7 cards
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10 mana - 9 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"This is an aikido style deck designed for multiplayer games, with Queen Marchesa at the helm. The idea of a typical game is to help other players \"do their thing\", but you win by using their amassed resources against them with cards such as Deflecting Palm and Inkshield\n"}]}
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