Card
Marchesa, the Black Rose
Mana cost {1}{U}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard 3/3
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Other creatures you control have dethrone. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 1 known combo. 7 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · C17 · #177
- Cheapest printing
- €1.03
- EDHREC salt
- 0.70
- Color identity
- Black, Red, Blue
- Keywords
- Dethrone
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
1 known combo.
- Marchesa, the Black Rose + Time Sieve + Myr Battlesphere
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-07-28 · Wizards of the Coast
Dethrone doesn't trigger if the creature attacks a planeswalker, even if its controller has the most life. The same is true if the creature attacks a battle, even if its protector has the most life. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
If Marchesa has a +1/+1 counter on it when it dies, it will return to the battlefield under your control because of its own ability. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
In a Two-Headed Giant game, dethrone will trigger if the creature attacks either player on the team with the most life or tied for the most life. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
Once dethrone triggers, it doesn't matter what happens to the players' life totals before the ability resolves. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature even if the defending player doesn't have the most life as the ability resolves. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
If the creature card leaves the graveyard before the delayed triggered ability resolves, that card won't return to the battlefield, even if it's back in the graveyard when the delayed triggered ability resolves. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
If a creature has multiple instances of dethrone, each triggers separately.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast