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Court of IreutilityBudget$1.52It also rewards becoming the monarch and turns the monarch mechanic into a damage source. Like Emberwilde Captain, it pressures opponents for trying to take the crown.Thorn of the Black RoseutilityBudget$0.12Enters the battlefield to make you the monarch and provides a repeatable monarch body. It fills the same monarch-enabling role in black instead of red.Palace JailerutilityBudget$0.25It grants the monarch on entry and creates a strong combat-based advantage while you keep it. Similar role as an ETB monarch creature, though in white.Skyline DespotfinisherBudget$0.47A big red creature that makes you the monarch on entry and helps snowball the game. It serves a similar red monarch finisher role.Revenge of RavensprotectionBudget$0.77Like Emberwilde Captain, it punishes opponents for attacking you. It is defensive rather than monarch-based, but plays a similar deterrent role.Marchesa's DecreeprotectionBudget$0.86This also makes you the monarch and punishes attacks against you. It is cheaper and more controlling, but fills the same monarch-defense niche.Crown of Doomutility$5.22It incentivizes attacks elsewhere while interacting with the monarch-style politics of combat pressure. It is not identical, but serves a similar table-punishing role.Queen MarchesautilityBudget$1.09It enters and makes you the monarch, then helps you retain control through deathtouch blockers. It is a premier monarch engine in a similar vein.
