Marchesa, the Black Rose
Marchesa, the Black Rose: Legendary Creature - Human Wizard, Double Masters 2022. Dethrone Other creatures you control have dethrone. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and red (UBR)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 248
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
- Keywords
- Dethrone
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Marchesa, the Black Rose
Marchesa, the Black Rose is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue, black and red legendary creature from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 248 in that set, with art by Matt Stewart. It costs {1}{U}{B}{R} (one generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Conspiracy (2014) to Double Masters 2022 (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.15 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.15 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Marchesa, the Black Rose by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Marchesa, the Black Rose
Marchesa, the Black Rose has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2009 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1452 | Rare | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #102313 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #382 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #520 | Rare | 2022 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #177 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #111 | Mythic | 2015 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #256 | Mythic | 2014 |
| Conspiracy (CNS) #49 | Mythic | 2014 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Marchesa, the Black Rose, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
- 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.
- 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.
- If a creature has multiple instances of dethrone, each triggers separately.
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