Marchesa, Dealer of Death plays like a conspirator in any table's back room. This Legendary Creature rewards a crime-heavy deck by converting misdeeds into card advantage. When you commit a crime you can pay one to surveil the top two cards of your library, keep one and send the other to your graveyard, which feeds graveyard synergies while smoothing draws. The ability reads cleanly and interacts well with sacrifice and reanimation lines without asking for elaborate setup.
In practice Marchesa anchors decks that layer aggression with recursion. She is best where you can reliably trigger crimes and want incremental card selection plus graveyard fuel for value plays. The flavor matches Outlaws of Thunder Junction, a borderland of bluff, bait and payoff, and she fits into blue black red shells that balance disruption and tempo. Condition noted as medium play means visible tabletop wear but fully playable in casual and competitive playtesting.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {U}{B}{R}
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Card Type – Legendary Creature
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Subtypes – Human Rogue
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay 1. If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
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Power / Toughness – 3/4
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Language – English
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Rarity – Rare
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Set – Outlaws of Thunder Junction
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Condition – Medium Play
