Commander

Marchesa, the Black Rose

Global commander stats

All Grixis commanders

1034 Wins

2749 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Marchesa, the Black Rose is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 3,786 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (1034–2749) at an Elo of 1,557, ranking #1020 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 4 damage dealt and 0.6 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Marchesa, the Black Rose's win rate?

Marchesa, the Black Rose has a 27% win rate across 3786 recorded Playgroup games (1034 wins, 2749 losses).

How long do winning games with Marchesa, the Black Rose take?

Wins with Marchesa, the Black Rose take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.

How many decks use Marchesa, the Black Rose?

1,146 decks list Marchesa, the Black Rose as their commander on Playgroup, of which 643 have played at least one recorded game.

Marchesa, the Black Rose Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1020

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1557

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 4

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.6

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1146

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 643

No. games played with this commander 3786

Total hours played about 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1578	Sandish	15	5	33 %
2	1575	Mycah	8	6	75 %
3	1571	TheCostIsLow	13	5	38 %
4	1570	nmex	3	2	67 %
5	1566	kevin G	5	3	60 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Marchesa, the Black Rose wins, 54.15% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

54.15%

Non Combat Damage

31.37%

Combo

6.33%

Commander Damage

3.77%

Alternative

3.77%

Poison

0.45%

Mill

0.15%

Avg win turn 9.2 based on 1047 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Marchesa, the Black Rose

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Marchesa, the Black Rose decks that leave them out.

+12.2 pp

Top card: Seething Landscape

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Seething Landscape Signature build 55 games · Signature build	+12.2 pp	55
2	Lethal Scheme 63 games	+10.0 pp	63
3	Dauthi Voidwalker 54 games	+8.4 pp	54
4	Diabolic Intent Signature build 36 games · Signature build	+6.3 pp	36
5	Talisman of Indulgence 146 games	+5.9 pp	146
6	Spymaster's Vault 69 games	+5.2 pp	69
7	Talisman of Creativity 125 games	+4.4 pp	125
8	Watery Grave 133 games	+3.9 pp	133
9	Phyrexian Tower 173 games	+3.7 pp	173
10	Phyrexian Altar 91 games	+3.1 pp	91

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Bloodstained Mire 94 games	+3.0 pp	94
12	Toxic Deluge 95 games	+2.6 pp	95
13	Canoptek Tomb Sentinel Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	48
14	Talisman of Dominance 147 games	+1.8 pp	147
15	Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 100 games	+1.7 pp	100

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Marchesa, the Black Rose wins 32.42% of games from position 1 and 13.85% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.42% n=1018

Seat 2

27.68% n=1055

Seat 3

21.53% n=887

Seat 4

24.87% n=563

Seat 5

13.85% n=65

Seat 6

20.0% n=5

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Marchesa, the Black Rose wins 27.35% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.35% n=1722

1 mulligan

27.52% n=545

2 mulligans

24.3% n=214

3 mulligans

25.0% n=56

4 mulligans

33.33% n=15

5 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Marchesa, the Black Rose 3.65/5 on average, across 2500 self-reports.

3.65 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Marchesa, the Black Rose wins, opponents flag the game as salty 66.1% of the time across 1048 tracked wins.

66.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Marchesa, the Black Rose. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.