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Marchesa - Throne of Shadows
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $798.52
Salt sum: 43.28
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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 (plst) CN2-78

Commander

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (c20) 237
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (cm2) 189
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 (rna) 22
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (c20) 252
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

Ramp

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Card Draw

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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
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 (2xm) 20
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
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (one) 104
Sword of Fire and Ice

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from blue. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, this Equipment deals 2 damage to any target and you draw a card. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Fire and Ice (2xm) 297

Card Draw

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soi) 242
Backlash

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

Instant
Backlash (inv) 234
Blood Frenzy

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target attacking or blocking creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Blood Frenzy (tmp) 164
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 (ktk) 173
Hide

Instant
Hide // Seek (dis) 151
Red Elemental Blast

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

Instant
Red Elemental Blast (a25) 147
Royal Assassin

{T}: Destroy target tapped creature.

Creature
Royal Assassin (acr) 164
Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (iko) 204
Shattering Spree

Replicate {R} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Destroy target artifact.

Sorcery
Shattering Spree (plst) GK1-34
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (plst) C16-78
Utter End

Exile target nonland permanent.

Instant
Utter End (c18) 193
Vanquish the Horde

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Vanquish the Horde (mid) 41
Wing Shards

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Instant
Wing Shards (plst) IMA-38

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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
Blightstep Pathway

Land
Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252
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 (rna) 245
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
Brightclimb Pathway

Land
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (znr) 259Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (znr) 259
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 (c18) 240
Dragonskull Summit

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

Land
Dragonskull Summit (xln) 252
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
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (eld) 244
Fetid Heath

{T}: Add {C}. {W/B}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{B}, or {B}{B}.

Land
Fetid Heath (2xm) 316
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 (rna) 248
Graven Cairns

{T}: Add {C}. {B/R}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Graven Cairns (ima) 237
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 (mh2) 248
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (m15) 264
Nomad Outpost

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

Land
Nomad Outpost (ktk) 237
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (soi) 284
Rugged Prairie

{T}: Add {C}. {R/W}, {T}: Add {R}{R}, {R}{W}, or {W}{W}.

Land
Rugged Prairie (2xm) 325
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 (grn) 254
Savai Triome

({T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Savai Triome (iko) 253
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

{T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Land
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep (chk) 282
Snow-Covered Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Swamp (mh1) 252
Spectator Seating

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Spectator Seating (cmr) 356
Sulfurous Springs

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

Land
Sulfurous Springs (10e) 359
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
Vault of Champions

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmr) 360

Land

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Synergy

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At Knifepoint

During your turn, outlaws you control have first strike. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.) Whenever you commit a crime, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "{T}: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery." This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
At Knifepoint (otj) 193
Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (kld) 5
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 (c17) 57
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder

Whenever Bruse Tarl enters or attacks, target creature you control gains double strike and lifelink until end of turn. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder (c16) 30
Hidden Blade

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. If that creature is an Assassin, it gains deathtouch until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike. Equip {2}

Artifact
Hidden Blade (acr) 73
Irencrag Pyromancer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, this creature deals 3 damage to any target.

Creature
Irencrag Pyromancer (eld) 363
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
Lizard Blades

Double strike Equipped creature has double strike. Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Lizard Blades (neo) 153
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

Flying, lifelink Whenever one or more outlaws you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.) {3}, Sacrifice two Treasures: Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw (otc) 2
Path of Mettle

Enchantment
Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph (rix) 165Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph (rix) 165
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (thb) 236

Synergy

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Politics

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Aurification

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, put a gold counter on it. Each creature with a gold counter on it is a Wall in addition to its other creature types and has defender. (Those creatures can't attack.) When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, remove all gold counters from all creatures.

Enchantment
Aurification (ons) 6
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
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 token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Curse of Opulence (plst) C17-24
Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment
Duelist's Heritage (jmp) 101
Emberwilde Captain

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
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
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
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 (2xm) 322
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 (sok) 19
Noble Heritage

Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. For each opponent who does, you gain protection from that player until your next turn." (You can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)

Enchantment
Noble Heritage (clb) 35
Reconnaissance

{0}: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. (If you activate during end of combat, the creature will untap after it deals combat damage.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance (exo) 17
Spectral Grasp

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. Enchanted creature can't block creatures you control.

Enchantment
Spectral Grasp (cn2) 24
Take the Bait

Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn. 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) 43

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Tutor

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Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (ema) 9
Restart Sequence

Freerunning {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Restart Sequence (acr) 30
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

Tutor

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Protection

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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 (a25) 199
Champions of Minas Tirith

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay {X}, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.

Creature
Champions of Minas Tirith (ltc) 10
Delaying Shield

If damage would be dealt to you, put that many delay counters on this enchantment instead. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all delay counters from this enchantment. For each delay counter removed this way, you lose 1 life unless you pay {1}{W}.

Enchantment
Delaying Shield (ody) 17
Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Flawless Maneuver (c20) 26
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 (dsc) 221
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (2xm) 267
Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Mother of Runes (plst) DDO-20
Righteous Aura

{W}, Pay 2 life: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Enchantment
Righteous Aura (vis) 20
Sun Droplet

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Sun Droplet (c13) 261

Protection

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Wincons

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Court of Ambition

When this enchantment enters, 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
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 (c17) 25
Insurrection

Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Insurrection (cmd) 126

Wincons

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Deck Info

Deck stats

42 pips - 36 cards
28 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
21 pips - 17 cards
28 mana - 24 cards
25 pips - 21 cards
27 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 7 cards
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