I’m still trying to make a Queen Marchesa deck.  Looking at what themes to include, one of them is definately deathtouch. Deathbringer Thoctar is a card I’ve been wanting to use for years, but haven’t found the deck for. The idea of machine-gunning entire boards with a deathtoucing Thoctar seems awesome.

It does need a card that actually grants deathtouch though. Marchesa and most of her assassin minions already have it, so granting something extra is very welcome. Enter Touch of Moonglove. By itself it’s a bad combat trick. But if I can get it to kill multiple creatures, the life loss is getting really relevant. The dream play is to have Deathbringer Thoctar, play Touch of Moonglove on it, then play Chandra’s Ignition against a full board. Not only will it wipe the board clean, but everyone will be brought down, and I’ll have a huge Thoctar that can take care of all players.

~ Atraxa Superfriends ~

Commander (1) 1 Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice Planeswalkers (19) 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver 1 Dovin Baan 1 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion 1 Freyalise, Llanowar’s Fury 1 Garruk, Apex Predator 1 Jace, Architect of Thought 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets 1 Karn Liberated 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths 1 Nissa, Sage Animist 1 Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited 1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis 1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage 1 Teferi, Temporal Archmage 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 1 Venser, the Sojourner 1 Vraska the Unseen Creatures (10) 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 Midnight Banshee 1 Necroskitter 1 Oona’s Gatewarden 1 Fertilid 1 Gilder Bairn 1 Deepglow Skate 1 Fatespinner 1 Silent Arbiter 1 Medomai the Ageless Instants (2) 1 Grim Affliction 1 Steady Progress Sorceries (5) 1 Black Sun’s Zenith 1 Tezzeret’s Gambit 1 Wrath of God 1 Rout 1 Day of Judgment

Lands (43) 8 Forest 8 Swamp 4 Island 4 Plains 1 Aether Hub 1 Ash Barrens 1 Evolving Wilds 1 Terramorphic Expanse 1 Tendo Ice Bridge 1 Hickory Woodlot 1 Peat Bog 1 Remote Farm 1 Saprazzan Skerry 1 Vivid Creek 1 Vivid Grove 1 Vivid Marsh 1 Vivid Meadow 1 Command Tower 1 Reflecting Pool 1 Ancient Den 1 Seat of the Synod 1 Tree of Tales 1 Vault of Whispers Artifacts (13) 1 Astral Cornucopia 1 Chromatic Lantern 1 Pentad Prism 1 The Chain Veil 1  Prophetic Prism 1 Contagion Clasp 1 Contagion Engine 1 Throne of Geth 1 Rings of Brighthearth 1 Serrated Arrows 1 Sphere of the Suns 1 Nevinyrral’s Disk 1 Norn’s Annex Enchantments (7) 1 Blowfly Infestation 1 Doubling Season 1 Oath of Gideon 1 Oath of Jace 1 Oath of Liliana 1 Oath of Nissa 1 Inexorable Tide

For this deck, one of the things I wanted to see how the depletion-lands like Saprazzan Skerry work in a deck around proliferate. I might also want to try other counter-based lands like Saprazzan Cove later on, but I don’t want too many lands that come into play tapped, and the Mercadian Masques storage lands are very slow, even with the extra counters they get at their second turn. I do have a lot of mana sources, so maybe one or two aren’t a problem though.

The vivid lands like Vivid Marsh are less dangerous, and a handy source of coloured mana even without Atraxa.

A subtheme of the deck is -1/-1 counters. I didn’t want to go full-on infect, but some wither cards seem fine and I’m particularly exited about trying Serrated Arrows and Blowfly Infestation to keep the board chocking on counters.