Marchesa, the Black Rose
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2017C17 · #177
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 1.26 € · 1.59 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Blue Black Red
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Matt Stewart
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-08-25
Rulings
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.
If a creature has multiple instances of dethrone, each triggers separately.
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.
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.
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.
The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
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.
