#Marchesa the Black Rose

[geesuv]

So, I have a mixed relationship Magic the Gathering. I haven't played for years for various reasons and I'm not a huge fan of the really try hard, rules-focus culture of the player base. This is the point of the game, I know, but it's how I feel. But on the other hand, the worldbuilding of their creative team is simply on point. Frankly, D&D could learn a thing or five from the amount of imagination, craft and simply compelling ideas they manage to fit into their many planes. So I like to keep on top of the set releases and ogle all the new art for that very reason. But I stopped reading the fiction around Amonkhet/Ixalan when I realised that it generally involved the characters doing incredibly asinine things so the pre-determined story could move along. My point is, I haven't really followed things. But this morning, I got looking at the wiki page for the Phyrexian invasion. Spoilers for the phyrexian invasion plotline beyond this point!

Long story short, fantasy robots invade every plane in the setting. Honestly, these big meta-threats don't really do anything for me. I'm much more interested in hearing about the local quirks, problems and struggles of each of the planes. Every time one of the Big Bads stomps around, it dilutes that. "Check out this really cool techno-magical world! But don't forget about the phyrexians! They're a thing, you know! Watch as they assimilate one of the few ligitimately interesting planeswalkers! Hm? Technomagical what now? Oh, the setting! Right, yes, here it is..." Anyway, the Phyrexians are basically the fantasy Borg. They invade, take people over, so on and so forth. I got reading this wiki page and it has a list of planes and how they got invaded. There's few details, but it covers the essentials. Then I noticed something. Eldraine, a plane of powerful fae magic and well-organising military culture of knights, widely defeated and the ruling courts collapse under the onslaught. Until a spell macguffin wins the day. Strixhaven, a literal magic school who were warned and prepared to meet the invasion. completely overrun and all the faculty killed. Until a spell macguffin wins the day. Kamigawa, a plane of technomagical mecha, organised samurai and skilled ninjas. Suffer heavy losses and barely hold the invasion, but seem to be fighting a losing battle. Theros, a plane of powerful gods and greece-style heroes. Widely defeated and many gods fallen. Fiora, a plane known for widespread and convoluted conspiracies and schemes. Successfully and decisively defeats the invading force. Hold up. Run that back a bit. Fiora? The political scheming plane?! A world that can be best summed up by the phrase "chronic backstabbing disorder"?! They defeated the fantasy borg where magic, heroes and literal gods failed?! For context, Fiora was the setting for the two Conspiracy sets. Which are, in my biased opinion, some of the best and most fun sets MtG has ever done. They broke down the tryhard numbers experience and set up an environment where you needed to scheme with other players to try to win. It was great. Details are sparse. All the first page says is "Queen Marchesa secured the grip on her throne and the loyalty of her people by leading the defence of the plane and successfully beating the Phyrexians back." and the Fiora page simply reads "Queen Marchesa refused all who trespassed." Be still my beating heart. Queen Marchesa, The Black Rose, Mother of Assassins, poisoner, necromancer and Monarch of Paliano, is just the best and one of my favourite MtG characters. Learning that she took one look at this invading army of assimilating fantasy robots and said "No. I don't think you will." really just made my day.

#conspiracy #magic the gathering #the black rose #marchesa #phyrexia #wizards of the coast #phyrexian invasion #lore #fiora #Paliano

[markrosewater]

Hi Mark! This is my first time requesting birthday trivia! I'm working on my PhD in physical chemistry, which has become difficult lately, with many trajectory-determining deadlines approaching. Lately, I've been struggling to find the motivation to complete the boring tasks sometimes required in research, especially since I went into research for the creative aspect.

So, rather than birthday trivia, I would like to request birthday advice: how do you get through the monotonous, boring, uncreative tasks you have to do?

If no on the advice, the first deck I built was Marchesa, the Black Rose, built around the Modular mechanic, so any trivia on those topics would be nice.

Thank you!

My trick is to try and make a game out if it. Gamifying tasks tends to make them more fun. For example, one time I had to add in a bunch of cards to the file, so I timed myself for each one to see if I could break my previous record.

Happy Birthday!

[faroreswinds]

I really liked my Dimitri cards I made, so I decided to finish off with the other lords! I didn't spend AS much time on them, though, but I did my best with quick edits.

I had a few rules I tried to follow

Make as little edits as possible to the original cards

Try to only use legendary human cards

Try to match the skills and colors of the cards to the characters themselves

I'm not going to explain Dimitri since I already did in a different post. I'll just explain the other three.

Edelgard

Based on Marchesa, the Black Rose

Although Edelgard isn't necessarily a wizard, her affinity for magic makes this an ok match

I like the idea of her dethroning others, since she is kinda doing that by being a conqueror

Red - For her color scheme. Red in magic also tends to hurt others. A lot.

Blue - Seeks perfection. Blue in magic tends to take control of the field.

Black - Having the last word on her own life . Black in magic really likes their graveyards and dealing with life points.

Claude

Based on Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer

This is the only one of the four where I changed the creature type. The OG card was Human Knight. But Claude isn't really a knight, and I felt that this card (of the cards I researched and could find), was the closest to being something that matched him. So I changed it from Knight to Advisor, for being known as a tactician.

I called him Scheming Scion because a) alliteration and b) he is called both these things officially in his cipher cards

Flying because.... yeah, he's the flyer of the group. Haste - With being the man who is supposed to be two steps ahead, it only makes sense that he would be able to attack the moment he comes on the battlefield.

I think the skills work fine. Being a tactician, he would find a way to hurt others more, and prevent damage to his own side (works really well with Hopes too, tbh, since that is kinda what he aims to do).

Being the weakest of the lords (technically, by physical strength), I think him being a 2 versus the 3/4s of the others works fine.

Red - Adventurous and looks upon the world.

White - The closest to yellow for his color scheme.

Yuri

Based on Ramses, Assassin Lord

Devastating Beauty - Not only is he devastatingly beautiful, but he's also devastating as in dangerous.

Deathtouch makes sense for him imo, since he is an assassin-type character

I like the idea that he has an alternative win condition. It just fits his character imo. "If myself or another assassin under my command kills you, I win."

There isn't really a purple color, so I went with blue and black as close proximates.

Blue - Trickery, manipulation, and control.

Black - He's an assassin so... you know. Death.

He's a little bit stronger than I would like but the card was that strong so... here we are.

#my cards

[jasper-the-menace]

Do you play Commander? If so, what decks do you have?

I play Commander in a casual way. We'll do oldest to youngest decks here:

UBR Vorthos Villains, led by Marchesa, the Dusk Rose: This deck is, obviously, about villain characters. Mostly Bolas's shit. Sometimes Tibalt and Ob Nixilis get involved.

GWU Counters, led by Falco Spara, Pactweaver: I hated making a dedicated +1/+1 counter deck when I did my Merfolk one, so I cut back on the +1/+1 counters and worked more with keyword counters. Yeehaw.

RWB Vampires Suck Ass, led by Kroxa and Kunoros: Made mostly of Vampires and Enchantments. Haven't taken this baby out for a test drive yet.

BRG Tools For Fools, led by Henzie "Toolbox" Torre: This is kinda just a bunch of Black, Red, and Green cards that I really like. Haven't taken this one out for a test either.

Thanks for dropping by!

~Jasper

#answered #danco110 #magic the gathering

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Sunday 11 August 1833

7 ¾

12 50

fine morning F68° at 7 ¾ a.m. – read Galignani – breakfast at 9 – in ¾ hour – then at my desk – had the tailor at 11 ½ in ¾ hour had Thomas in and read the whole morning service and explained what was meant by believing in the catholic church – between 2 and 3 had Mademoiselle Ferrall and the dame de compagnie above ½ hour - said I hoped to be off on Wednesday - gave my passport to see if Madame de Bourke could get us off going to the préfecture - Madame Droz called and sat near an hour till 5 25 - gave her my address at Shibden and she gave me the following Mr. Charles Droz chef de Bataillon en disponibilité à Fernay Département de l’Ain, France, or à Morges, canton de Vaud, Swisse, where they will be for a year to come – the other address is hit little domicile in France to enable him to receive his ½ pay – a pied à terre like mine rue St. V- very nice house at Morges – very comfortable – receive company pretty often – have all the little nice society of the place – keep 2 women servants and live for 6000fr. a year to economize – laughed and said I would go and economize too -  In the course of the day had finished my letter (wrote the latter ½ p.2 and p.3) to Miss McL- - began someday ago, as also to Mrs. James Dalton - wrote the latter ¼ p.1 and pages 2 and 3 and ends - and wrote 3 pages to IN- and 1 page to my aunt – dinner at 5 35 in ¾ hour – meant to have gone out but Madame Decantes came and sat talking all the evening till 9 – then with me about my dresses near an hour – then at 9 55 went and sat 1 ½ hour with Mrs and Miss Barlow - will give me letters if I like to Lady Lee at Florence and her daughter now an Italian marchesa - but her husband Captain in the Marines tho’ Colonel in the Spanish service a knight whence she my lady and vulgarish gave thanks but thought to myself wont do very fine day F67 ½° now at 11 ½ pm - Told them all  should be off for Copenhagen on Wednesday via Luxemburg Treves, Coblentz [Koblenz], Cassel [Kassel], Hannover, Hamburg and Lubeck [Lübeck] - to direct to me Madame L- aux soins de Messrs. Kortwright and compagnie Banquiers Koppenhagen, Dännemarck - should be there in about 3 weeks - gave this address to IN- and Mrs. James D- and in my aunt but not to Miss Maclean - would write to Mrs. N- as soon as rested after my arrival - wrote to IN- ‘I shall settle with Lafitte; and you will find by his neat account that he has paid me as follows

‘For left unpaid 2 years ago, for the last things I got you (ivory buckles I think) 24 francs 0 sols

3 pots pate à la rose 9.0

1 pair stays 25.0

For carriage of ditto from Paris to Dover 5.0

63.0

mention the Barlows being here and ‘we are the best friends in the world’ - ‘my greatest pother is dress - but I found I must have it - my days of one small portmanteau, and merely the hat on my head, are gone by - and regrets even if I could be so ungrateful as to have them, would be useless. I dine out for the 3rd time tomorrow there being several people in town that I know’.  Kind chitchat letter to Mrs. James D- on the subject of Fashions ‘tho’ London imitates as well as she can, ‘tis merely that ‘a substitute shines brightly as a king until a king be by’ - Bonnets not much larger than a good-sized breakfast cup - shirts of an ampleur reminding one of the pea-filled rotundity of a Dutch doll - cheveux en natte, the hair platted very broad and set up so as to form something like a [mediums] on the head of Isis - large rooms and folding doors are nowadays quite necessary for sleeves are so enormous that each ladys’ breadth across the shoulders is doubled - pelerines very large, much worn with larger or shorter ends confined by the ceinture in front - Black bone and black lace very much worn’ - but dress not for nothing - things cheaper in London - mention my companion as an agreeable Danoise but added to Miss McL- that she is a friend of Lady Harriet de Hagemanns - her good German-speaking will be a great comfort to me - tell Miss McL- (chitchat) I shall probably have an opportunity of delivering all the 4 St. Petersburg and Moscow before the 12 months end

[jqui62]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Marchesa Rose Pleated Front Lace Trim Long Sleeve Dress.

[fancybattlepantaloons]

I am making an EDH deck based around Marchesa the Black Rose as my commander. Any fun card suggestions are needed. Thank you in advance.

#magic the gathering #mtg edh #card games

[shopofthemoment]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: new Alex Marie 𑁍 Flower Appliqué Mesh Tulle Maxi Gown Dress 𑁍 Black Rose 𑁍 12.

[roguedeck]

The only good thing about re-sorting you cards after building a few decks is that you get to see all the cool cards you own.

... and aren't playing anywhere.

Here's some stuff I've got that needs to find a deck:

WHITE

Jabari's Influence

Dismantling Wave

Luminarch Ascension

Adelline Resplendent Cathar

Oath of Leiges

Eldrazi Displacer

Darksteel Mutation

Together Forever

GREEN

Doubling Season

Thorn Mammoth

Reki, the History of Kamigawa

Aid from the Cowl

Nissa, Vital Force

Branching Evolution

Kodama of the East Tree

Giant Adephage

BLUE

Amphin Mutineer

Leyline of Anticipation

Morphling

Phyrexian Ingester

Energy Field

Spell Swindle

Training Grounds

Faeries Formation

Phantom Steed

RED

Wheel of Fortune (way to flex, jerk... I got it WAY back in the day when it was less that $5)

Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient

Rimescale Dragon

Brass's Bounty

Braid of Fire

Zirilan of the Claw

BLACK

Mind Flayer, the Shadow

Species Specialist

Sudden Spoiling

Druagr Necromancer

Mikaeous the Unhallowed

Waste Not

Flesh Carver

Archfiend of Ifnir

Bone Miser

Author of Shadows

MULTI-COLORED

Ghave, Guru of Spores

Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Carth, the Lion

Marchesa, the Black Rose

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Ezuri, Claw of Progress

The Locust God

Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Ice-Fang Coatl

Greven, Predator Captain

Vhati il-dal

Lord of Extinction

Cytoshape

Tahngarth, First Mate

Prosper, Tome Bound

Belbe, Corrupted Observer

Kaervek the Merciless

Mirrorweave

Kalamax, the Stormsire

Zirda, theDawnwaker

Master of Death

Chromium the Muable

Dakkon Shadow Slayer

Ephara God of the Polis

Volrath, the Shapestealer

Rashmi, Eternities Crafter

Prismari Command

Fracturing Gust

O-Kagachi Vengeful Kami

Garth, One-Eye

ARTIFACTS

Crucible of Worlds

Altar of Dementia

Memory Jar

Wandering Archaic

Thran Temporal Gateway

Scion of Draco

Mirror Box

Temporal Aperture

Anvil of Bogarden

Conjuror's Closet

And some decks that need to be built:

UG or GW +1/+1 counters

Dragon Tribal (or at least focused)

GW or Bant Enchantress

Bounce/Flicker

Discard Matters/Madness

Something mono colored

#mtg #mtg edh #mtg commander #magic the gathering #too many cards #i have too many decks already #but i really want to play with these too

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Marchesa, the Black Rose

Artist: Matt Stewart TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #matt stewart #marchesa the black rose #legendary cube prize pack #legendary #creature #human #wizard

[fabulous-rtw]

Marchesa RTW FW 2016

#marchesa #vogue #couture #haute couture #dress #gown #evening gown #black dress #black gown #flowers #floral dress #floral gown #roses #details #fashion #model #models #beauty #style #fw16 #fw 2016 #runway #catwalk #makeup #face #hair #rtw

[gamemakerm]

So tonight at FNM I played my Marchesa, Black Rose Commander deck against someone for the first time

My opponent scooped turn 6 when I Mark of Mutiny’d his Kalitas, which puts a +1/+1 counter on it, then sacrificed it to Jalira, Master Polymorphist, and because of Marchesa’s ability I just keep Kalitas permanently

That deck is bananas

#MTG #Magic The Gathering #Marchesa the black rose #EDH #Commander #if it gets rolling it's a fucking steamroller

[5ecardaday]

Marchesa, the Black Rose

If you’d like to help support me to keep doing what I’m doing, as well as request your own card conversions, check my page or the notes for the links to my Patreon.

The only other MtG creature to win the Popularity Contest for this month (and admittedly the only other one on the poll) was Marchesa, the Black Rose, a character I’m sure many people were hoping to see at one point or another. Hopefully she doesn’t disappoint, especially since I had a lot of fun writing both her lore and her adventure seeds.

#dnd #dnd 5e #mtg #dnd homebrew #5e npcs #mtg cns #mtg conspiracy #monster #npc #cr 14 #humanoid #human #creature #legendary creature #marchesa #the black rose

[bace-jeleren]

Yknow as much as I've shipped Gruulfriends i never thought about Sunstone and/or BDSM but with Chandra and Nissa and now you've awakened smth in me again Bace.

You should read my one Magic the Gathering BDSM fic, staring Liliana Vess and Marchesa the Black Rose in a steamy, kinky office romance, with Chandra and Nissa as supporting characters in an equally kinky relationship.

You know. Since I've gotten your attention, since I've got you here... 👀👀👀👀👀👀

[jasper-the-menace]

top 5 mtg decks youve built

Ask Me My Top 10/Top 5 Anything

1: MonoBlack Rat typal, 60 card kitchen table.

2: Green-White-Blue counters matter, Commander deck led by Falco Spara, Pactweaver.

3: Blue-Black-Red Pirate typal, 60 card kitchen table.

4: Green-White Squirrel typal with the Infinite Squirrel Loop, 60 card kitchen table.

5: Blue-Black-Red Vorthos Villains, Commander deck led by Marchesa, the Black Rose, because she's a boss bitch and she deserves an evil army.

Honorary mention: That time I built a Green-Blue Elk typal deck with Oko leading his brethren into combat.

~Jasper

#answered #anonymous #magic the gathering #ask game: ask me my top 10/top 5 anything

[mtgbracket]

Tournament of Champions - The Top 32!

The Tournament of Champions is a publicly-voted contest for the 1,077 Legendary Creatures of Magic.  Through single-elimination voting we have narrowed the list down to just 32.

I have used a strength metric to rank the remaining cards, and this ranking will be used to seed the bracket for the Top 32 matches.  The first votes for the Top 32 will go live on Friday - but before then I will be posting stats, charts, and the full bracket for the Top 32!

Here are the Top 32:

The (current) Top 8

1. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 2. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 3. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 4. The Scarab God 5. Geist of Saint Traft 6. Krenko, Mob Boss 7. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 8. Azusa, Lost but Seeking

The Top 16

9. Progenitus 10. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 11. Narset, Enlightened Master 12. Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 13. Nicol Bolas 14. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice 15. Norin the Wary 16. Avacyn, Angel of Hope

The Top 32

17. Venser, Shaper Savant 18. Squee, Goblin Nabob 19. Doran, the Siege Tower 20. The Gitrog Monster 21. Jhoira of the Ghitu 22. Archangel Avacyn 23. Phage the Untouchable 24. Marchesa, the Black Rose 25. Sheoldred, Whispering One 26. Slimefoot, the Stowaway 27. Kokusho, the Evening Star 28. Gaddock Teeg 29. Niv-Mizzet, Parun 30. Kaalia of the Vast 31. Athreos, God of Passage 32. Urza, Lord High Artificer

#mtg #magic the gathering #mtgbracket #tournamentofchampions