Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #44
Marchesa's Decree
cn2·#44·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Chris Rallis
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Aug '16
9 yr ago
Value
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Volatility · moderate
Tracking since · May 5, 2026
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Gameplay
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.
"Those who seize power must have the means to hold it."
—Queen Marchesa
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
wotc
If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Chris Rallis
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