---
name: "Marchesa's Decree"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "CN2-44"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chris Rallis"
oracle_id: "e4ab5ee4-4683-4219-9e15-31975e69efbb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/marchesas-decree-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Marchesa's Decree
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
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*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Court of Ambition](/printing/court-of-ambition-plst.md) — Enchantment
2. [Court of Ire](/printing/court-of-ire-ltc.md) — Enchantment
3. [Knights of the Black Rose](/printing/knights-of-the-black-rose-plst.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Champions of Minas Tirith](/printing/champions-of-minas-tirith-ltc.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
5. [Queen Marchesa](/printing/queen-marchesa-cn2.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
6. [Fealty to the Realm](/printing/fealty-to-the-realm-ltc.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #CN2-44
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chris Rallis
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`