Marchesa's Decree

Enchantment

Illustrated by Chris Rallis

EDHREC Rank #6,983

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

Rulings (4)

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.

Aug 23, 2016

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.

Aug 23, 2016

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."

Aug 23, 2016