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◇ Catalog #256

Marchesa, the Black Rose

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#256·mythic·foil

Illus. Matt Stewart

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,766 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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.

3/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 7

2023-07-28wotc

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.

2014-05-29wotc

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.

2014-05-29wotc

The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.

2014-05-29

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #256 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Wizard, color identity black/red/blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {1}{U}{B}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Dethrone.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #4,766 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Matt Stewart. Rarix catalogs 988 other cards credited to this artist.