Crime & Punishment Control - Marchesa, Dealer of Death - Custom EDH Commander Deck

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Deck Overview:

This deck, led by Marchesa, Dealer of Death, embodies the essence of cunning and criminality. Focused on the "crime" mechanic, this deck thrives on targeting your opponents and their resources, generating significant card advantage and disruptive plays. The goal is to leverage Marchesa’s ability to dig deeper into your deck while setting up powerful synergies and game-winning combos.

Deck Strategy:

1. Commit Crimes to Gain Value: Use Marchesa’s ability by consistently committing crimes—targeting opponents, their permanents, or their graveyards. This will fuel your hand with powerful options while setting up your graveyard for recursion or other synergies.

2. Control the Board: With cards like Chaos Warp and Terminate, you can handle key threats. Vandalblast offers mass artifact removal, while Blasphemous Act clears the board of creatures, giving you time to execute your strategy.

3. Trigger Powerful Effects: Cards like Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond offer a potent combo to end games. Other cards like Kaervek the Merciless and Kaervek, the Punisher punish opponents for their actions, creating a deterrent and causing them to lose life rapidly.

4. Protect Key Pieces: Use Swiftfoot Boots and Spellskite to protect Marchesa and other crucial pieces. These cards ensure that your combo pieces and essential creatures stay on the battlefield.

5. Alternate Win Conditions: Beyond the Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond combo, the deck offers other win conditions, such as draining opponents with Havoc Jester and Falkenrath Noble, or overwhelming them with card advantage and targeted removal.

Key Cards to Highlight:

• Hirobi, Death's Wail: Hirobi is a crucial piece in this deck, turning every targeted spell or ability into a potential removal spell. With Marchesa's ability to commit crimes by targeting opponents' creatures, Hirobi can quickly clear the board of threats, paving the way for your own strategy to take hold.

• Kess, Dissident Mage: Kess allows you to replay your powerful instants and sorceries from the graveyard, doubling up on critical spells like Jeska’s Will or targeted removal, ensuring you always have the tools you need to control the game.

• Lier, Disciple of the Drowned: Lier gives all your instants and sorceries flashback, making your graveyard an extension of your hand. This synergy with Kess and your other spells allows you to cast powerful spells like River’s Rebuke or Blasphemous Act multiple times, keeping your opponents on the back foot.

• Jeska’s Will: This spell is a powerhouse in this deck, providing both mana acceleration and card draw. It helps you set up explosive turns where you can cast multiple spells, triggering Marchesa’s ability to commit crimes and gain additional advantage.