Queen Marchesa
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
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.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2507
Queen Marchesa enters as a 3/3 deathtouch haste for three mana, immediately pressures the monarch, and sets up a draw engine that fires every upkeep you're not sitting on the crown. The cost is political exposure — holding the monarchy paints a target, and the whole engine collapses if opponents stop caring about attacking you.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad assassinates creatures to place knowledge counters, and Queen Marchesa's Assassin tokens are ready-made trigger fodder — deathtouch ensures they trade up, and every kill advances Altaïr's counter engine while keeping the monarch in reach.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw rewards going wide with Treasures on each combat damage trigger, and Queen Marchesa supplies a steady stream of hasty Assassin tokens to fill out those attacks without spending additional card slots.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze cares deeply about Assassins, and Queen Marchesa produces exactly that token type while also keeping cards flowing through the monarch mechanic — two independent engines running off one three-mana investment.
Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Mathas, Fiend Seeker already operates in the same political lane of bounty-tagging opponents' creatures, and Queen Marchesa layers a separate draw engine on top so the deck isn't purely dependent on opponents dying to Mathas's marks.
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge draws a card whenever a legendary spell or permanent enters, and Queen Marchesa is herself legendary — a free card on cast that also introduces the monarch draw engine for sustained gas.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Queen Marchesa lives, and she's genuinely strong there — a three-mana legendary with immediate board presence and a built-in draw engine is exactly what the format rewards. The monarch mechanic scales well in a four-player pod because there are more attackers to reclaim the crown, which means the token generation fires more reliably than it would in a smaller game. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition at three mana is brutal and Queen Marchesa offers no broken interaction with those formats' specific engines, so she's a Commander card visiting those formats rather than a staple. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if you're building around a Mardu signature spell, though the smaller game size dulls the monarch angle somewhat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figure — Queen Marchesa has had multiple printings and the price swings meaningfully between them. As a mythic with consistent Commander demand, foil and original-printing copies tend to carry a significant premium over the cheapest available version.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.