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Marchesa, the Black Rose

{1}{U}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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Many of Marchesa's subjects would die for her. In fact, most of them have.

Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015 · Full art
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Jay Howell
Found in
Secret Lair Drop Featuring Jay Howell · Secret Lair Drop Featuring Jay Howell Rainbow Foil
Printings10CombosIn 1
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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
Dethrone

Plays as: Attack Trigger · Counter Placer

Market · per finishspark updated 14h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-0.2%
$4.16
$3.44 low$2.34 gap
Foil
$4.49 low$2.44 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.35· across 10 printings

Rulings

7 · latest Jul 28, 2023 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJul 28, 2023

    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.

  • WotCMay 29, 2014

    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.

  • WotCMay 29, 2014

    If a creature has multiple instances of dethrone, each triggers separately.

  • WotCMay 29, 2014

    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.

  • WotCMay 29, 2014

    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.

  • WotCMay 29, 2014

    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.

  • WotCMay 29, 2014

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