First printed in Conspiracy: Take the Crown (2016)
All 4 prints
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Foundations Commander (FDC) #113, 2026
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The List (PLST) #CN2-44, 2024
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Treasure Chest (PZ2) #20, 2016 (digital)
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Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #44, 2016
Marchesa's Decree 
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
- Illustrated by
- Chris Rallis
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.08 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).