Gisa vs Kroxa vs Siona vs Queen Marchesa EDH / CMDR game play for Magic: The Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Queen Marchesa

  Control and attrition through monarch mechanics, generating assassin tokens and leveraging political advantage, while using artifact ramp such as Thespian Stage with Cabal Coffers to accelerate mana.

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  Ghoulcaller Gisa

  Utilize graveyard recursion and sacrifice synergies to generate zombie tokens, exploiting creature death triggers and recurring threats to overwhelm opponents.

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  Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

  Aggressive discard and damage with Kroxa's escape ability, applying pressure by forcing opponents to discard cards and losing life, maintaining board presence through graveyard recursion.

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  Siona, Captain of the Pyleas

  Build a token army of human soldiers by attaching auras and utilizing combat triggers, gaining life and controlling the board through combat damage and token buffs.

Gameplay Insights

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  The mass sacrifice spell Barter in Blood was forked multiple times using Marchesa's scepter, resulting in a fourfold board wipe that reset the game state and allowed graveyard-focused decks to rebuild quickly.

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  Ghoulcaller Gisa exploited graveyard synergies extensively, repeatedly animating creatures like Grave Crawler and Stitcher's Supplier to create a persistent zombie army and maintain pressure.

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  Queen Marchesa's use of Thespian Stage to copy Cabal Coffers enabled significant mana ramp, facilitating the casting of powerful spells and maintaining control via the monarch mechanic.

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  Siona leveraged aura attachments and combat triggers to steadily grow a token army, gaining life and dealing incremental damage while forcing opponents to respond.

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  The monarch mechanic was a central point of contention, with players frequently battling for its benefits to draw extra cards and generate tokens, impacting the tempo and flow of the game.

Notable Cards

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  Barter in Blood

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  Cabal Coffers

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  Angelic Gift

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  Cartouche of Strength

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  Stitcher's Supplier

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  Sanguine Bond

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  Solemnity

Summary

The game featured a four-player Commander match with Queen Marchesa, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, and Siona, Captain of the Pyleas. Early turns involved players establishing mana bases and deploying their commanders, with Kroxa forcing opponent discards and causing early pressure. Queen Marchesa leveraged her monarch ability and tokens to generate incremental advantages, while Siona focused on creating soldier tokens and buffing them with auras like Angelic Gift and Cartouche of Strength. Ghoulcaller Gisa used graveyard synergies, repeatedly animating creatures like Stitcher's Supplier and Grave Crawler to flood the board with zombies and generate value from death triggers. A significant turning point occurred when a mass sacrifice spell, Barter in Blood, was forked multiple times, wiping the board and resetting the board state. Following this, Gisa capitalized on graveyard resources to rebuild quickly, becoming a dominant threat with zombie tokens and recurring creatures. Meanwhile, Siona maintained pressure with a growing army of soldiers and life gain triggers. Queen Marchesa continued to generate assassin tokens through monarch triggers and used artifacts like Thespian Stage copying Cabal Coffers to ramp mana. The game saw heavy interaction around the monarch mechanic, with players frequently gaining and losing it to trigger benefits and control the flow of the game. The match displayed a strong interplay of graveyard recursion, token generation, and control elements, with Gisa's graveyard-centric strategy appearing particularly potent as the game progressed.