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Marchesa, the Black Rose
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
rare
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.
3/3
Card Kingdom
CardmarketSemantic Tags
Benefits from creatures dying — drain effects, death triggers, and sacrifice-for-value payoffs.
Benefits from attacking — attack triggers, combat damage triggers, exalted.
Cares about +1/+1 counters — places, moves, doubles, or benefits from counters on creatures.
Benefits from creatures or permanents dying — death triggers, blood artist effects.
Cares about cards in the graveyard, puts cards into the graveyard, or benefits from things dying.
A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”
Cares about creature types — lords, type-matters effects, and changeling.
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Printings (10)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop#2009 | rare | · | · | · |
| Secret Lair Drop#1452 | rare | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#102313 | rare | · | · | · |
| Double Masters 2022#382 | rare | · | · | · |
| Double Masters 2022#520 | rare | · | · | · |
| Double Masters 2022#248 | rare | · | · | · |
| Commander 2017#177 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Legendary Cube Prize Pack#111 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Vintage Masters#256 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Conspiracy#49 | mythic | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
Related Rules
If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.
Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.
To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”
An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.
A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.
If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.
The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
Rulings
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.
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.