Queen Marchesa (Commander) - Expensive Core Control

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Jeremy Rowe
Aug 15, 2025
Building an Assassin Deck with Lydia Frye
Let's build an Assassins typal Commander deck using an underplayed commander from Assassin's Creed: Lydia Frye.
Deck Filters
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Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Disrupt Decorum
80% of 5 decks +76% synergy
Rakdos Charm
80% of 5 decks +71% synergy
Damn
80% of 5 decks +61% synergy
Anguished Unmaking
80% of 5 decks +45% synergy
Swords to Plowshares
100% of 5 decks +37% synergy
Creatures
Humble Defector
60% of 5 decks +57% synergy
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
60% of 5 decks +56% synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
50% of 2 decks +42% synergy
Custodi Lich
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Brash Taunter
40% of 5 decks +37% synergy
Keeper of the Accord
40% of 5 decks +34% synergy
Archon of Coronation
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Windborn Muse
40% of 5 decks +37% synergy
Selfless Squire
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Knight of the White Orchid
40% of 5 decks +35% synergy
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
40% of 5 decks +37% synergy
Keen Duelist
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Skyline Despot
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Mangara, the Diplomat
40% of 5 decks +35% synergy
Breena, the Demagogue
40% of 5 decks +32% synergy
Professional Face-Breaker
20% of 5 decks +7% synergy
Bothersome Quasit
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Stormfist Crusader
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Donna Noble
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Tectonic Giant
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Weathered Wayfarer
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
20% of 5 decks +7% synergy
Palace Jailer
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Master of Ceremonies
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Ardent Elementalist
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Dark Confidant
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Treasure Nabber
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Shadrix Silverquill
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
20% of 5 decks +11% synergy
Khârn the Betrayer
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Treasury Thrull
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Hunted Horror
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Stoneforge Mystic
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Hunted Dragon
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Scholar of New Horizons
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Kambal, Consul of Allocation
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Emberwilde Captain
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Thrull Parasite
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Esper Sentinel
20% of 5 decks +1% synergy
Flamescroll Celebrant
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
20% of 5 decks +6% synergy
Baird, Steward of Argive
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Balor
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Basilica Screecher
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Syndic of Tithes
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Knights of the Black Rose
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Hunted Lammasu
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Instants
Take the Bait
67% of 3 decks +64% synergy
Bedevil
60% of 5 decks +53% synergy
Despark
60% of 5 decks +44% synergy
Path to Exile
60% of 5 decks +13% synergy
Inkshield
60% of 5 decks +52% synergy
Crackling Doom
60% of 5 decks +42% synergy
Untimely Malfunction
50% of 2 decks +45% synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
50% of 2 decks +49% synergy
Legion Leadership
50% of 2 decks +46% synergy
Hagra Mauling
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Fire Covenant
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Chaos Warp
40% of 5 decks +23% synergy
Boros Charm
40% of 5 decks +9% synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Wear // Tear
40% of 5 decks +28% synergy
Sejiri Shelter
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Deflecting Palm
40% of 5 decks +33% synergy
Batwing Brume
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Return the Favor
33% of 3 decks +32% synergy
Galadriel's Dismissal
25% of 4 decks +23% synergy
Arcbond
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Comeuppance
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Orim's Chant
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Orim's Thunder
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Dark Ritual
20% of 5 decks +5% synergy
Vanishing Verse
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Hellish Rebuke
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Holy Day
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Stroke of Midnight
20% of 5 decks +8% synergy
Delirium
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Kaya's Guile
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20% of 5 decks +15% synergy
Mandate of Peace
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Utter End
20% of 5 decks +14% synergy
Sudden Spoiling
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Heliod's Intervention
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
March of Otherworldly Light
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Reprieve
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Generous Gift
20% of 5 decks -1% synergy
Valakut Awakening
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Sorceries
Ruinous Ultimatum
60% of 5 decks +22% synergy
Vandalblast
40% of 5 decks +29% synergy
Mythos of Snapdax
40% of 5 decks +33% synergy
Read the Bones
40% of 5 decks +29% synergy
Scheming Symmetry
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Blasphemous Act
40% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Night's Whisper
40% of 5 decks +27% synergy
Taunt from the Rampart
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Sign in Blood
40% of 5 decks +31% synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Ondu Inversion
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Torment of Hailfire
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Secret Rendezvous
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Faithless Looting
20% of 5 decks +4% synergy
Pain's Reward
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Farewell
20% of 5 decks +8% synergy
Painful Truths
20% of 5 decks +10% synergy
Vindicate
20% of 5 decks +13% synergy
Dark Petition
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Insurrection
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Exsanguinate
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Reconstruct History
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Vanquish the Horde
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Mob Rule
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Toxic Deluge
20% of 5 decks +12% synergy
Fumigate
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Necromantic Selection
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Capital Punishment
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Day of Judgment
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Skull Rend
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Unburial Rites
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Damnation
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Rout
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Promise of Loyalty
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Approach of the Second Sun
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Volcanic Vision
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Norn's Annex
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Bloodthirsty Blade
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Sunforger
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Crawlspace
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Embercleave
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Scroll Rack
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Expedition Map
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Lightning Greaves
20% of 5 decks -14% synergy
Sword of Feast and Famine
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Enchantments
Ghostly Prison
60% of 5 decks +52% synergy
Blind Obedience
40% of 5 decks +34% synergy
Court of Ambition
40% of 5 decks +37% synergy
No Mercy
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Land Tax
40% of 5 decks +33% synergy
Marchesa's Decree
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
40% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Court of Grace
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Trouble in Pairs
33% of 3 decks +28% synergy
Court of Ire
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Ghoulish Impetus
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Underworld Connections
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Aurification
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Moat
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Protection Racket
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Palace Siege
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Authority of the Consuls
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Megrim
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Assemble the Legion
20% of 5 decks +13% synergy
Out of Time
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Fighter Class
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Smoke
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Luminarch Ascension
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Rite of the Raging Storm
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Liliana's Caress
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Havoc Festival
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Curse of Opulence
20% of 5 decks +14% synergy
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Painful Quandary
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Delaying Shield
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Bitterblossom
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Battles
Invasion of Fiora
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Planeswalkers
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Utility Lands
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
40% of 5 decks +32% synergy
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
40% of 5 decks +37% synergy
Kor Haven
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Maze of Ith
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
40% of 5 decks +32% synergy
Throne of the High City
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Bojuka Bog
20% of 5 decks -12% synergy
Blinkmoth Nexus
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
The Black Gate
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Cabal Coffers
20% of 5 decks +16% synergy
Kher Keep
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Labyrinth of Skophos
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20% of 5 decks +11% synergy
Mistveil Plains
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Reliquary Tower
20% of 5 decks +4% synergy
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
20% of 5 decks +15% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
20% of 5 decks +5% synergy
Vault of the Archangel
20% of 5 decks -2% synergy
Rogue's Passage
20% of 5 decks -3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100% of 5 decks +14% synergy
Rakdos Signet
100% of 5 decks +66% synergy
Boros Signet
100% of 5 decks +68% synergy
Sol Ring
100% of 5 decks +11% synergy
Orzhov Signet
100% of 5 decks +64% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
80% of 5 decks +44% synergy
Talisman of Conviction
80% of 5 decks +40% synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
80% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Fellwar Stone
60% of 5 decks +32% synergy
Mind Stone
40% of 5 decks +31% synergy
Coalition Relic
20% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Marble Diamond
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Fire Diamond
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Coveted Jewel
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Thought Vessel
20% of 5 decks +14% synergy
Lands
Savai Triome
100% of 5 decks +60% synergy
Command Tower
100% of 5 decks +8% synergy
Blood Crypt
100% of 5 decks +57% synergy
Sacred Foundry
100% of 5 decks +57% synergy
Swamp
100% of 5 decks +5% synergy
Godless Shrine
100% of 5 decks +54% synergy
Mountain
100% of 5 decks +6% synergy
Plains
100% of 5 decks +5% synergy
Marsh Flats
100% of 5 decks +68% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
100% of 5 decks +68% synergy
Arid Mesa
80% of 5 decks +48% synergy
Caves of Koilos
60% of 5 decks +20% synergy
Nomad Outpost
60% of 5 decks +2% synergy
Battlefield Forge
60% of 5 decks +22% synergy
Bleachbone Verge
50% of 2 decks +41% synergy
Razorgrass Ambush
50% of 2 decks +49% synergy
Legion Leadership
50% of 2 decks +46% synergy
Hagra Mauling
40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Prismatic Vista
40% of 5 decks +36% synergy
Fabled Passage
40% of 5 decks +32% synergy
Badlands
40% of 5 decks +28% synergy
Exotic Orchard
40% of 5 decks -11% synergy
Fetid Heath
40% of 5 decks +22% synergy
Graven Cairns
40% of 5 decks +30% synergy
Path of Ancestry
40% of 5 decks +3% synergy
Plateau
40% of 5 decks +28% synergy
Shattered Sanctum
40% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Scrubland
40% of 5 decks +28% synergy
Spectator Seating
40% of 5 decks +6% synergy
Sejiri Shelter
40% of 5 decks +38% synergy
Clifftop Retreat
40% of 5 decks -7% synergy
Vault of Champions
40% of 5 decks +5% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
20% of 5 decks +6% synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
20% of 5 decks +6% synergy
Ondu Inversion
20% of 5 decks +19% synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
20% of 5 decks +10% synergy
Canyon Slough
20% of 5 decks +11% synergy
Sundown Pass
20% of 5 decks -1% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
20% of 5 decks -29% synergy
Temple of Triumph
20% of 5 decks -3% synergy
Temple of Malice
20% of 5 decks +2% synergy
Isolated Chapel
20% of 5 decks -30% synergy
Luxury Suite
20% of 5 decks -13% synergy
Rugged Prairie
20% of 5 decks +6% synergy
Boros Garrison
20% of 5 decks +5% synergy
Demolition Field
20% of 5 decks +17% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20% of 5 decks +15% synergy
Orzhov Basilica
20% of 5 decks +4% synergy
Haunted Ridge
20% of 5 decks -0% synergy
Blightstep Pathway
20% of 5 decks +11% synergy