I'd also like to know if +2/+2 counters could work with Marchesa's ability. If so, cards that give +2/+2 would be useful
No. A +2/+2 counter is not a +1/+1 counter, nor is it the same as 2x +1/+1 counters. Dwarven Armory does not interact with Marchesa's ability in any way.
If everyone's life total is low enough that you can't go any lower, I think the best thing you can do is shift gear into removing the rest of their life total. Profane Command can be a pretty brutal way to push in for the final blow.
Yes, this is the answer. If everyone is that low, just finish the game.
- Flayer of the Hatebound and Herald of Secret Streams are great ways to weaponize some of the +1/+1 counter synergies you already run. But if you get to a point where you can't easily get more +1/+1 counters and none of your opponents are on the throne, attacking their life directly is good.
- I personally like Anathemancer and have used it to finish people on more than one occasion.
- Rakdos Charm offers good utility and can sometimes be used as a finisher if they have enough creatures or low enough life.
- Some Marchesa decks run Mob Rule and Mass Mutiny because they synergize with Marchesa's ability to become permanent theft (get a +1/+1 counter on the stolen creatures, and if they die that turn, they return on your side of the battlefield), but these cards can also double as finishers, using your opponents' creatures against them.
- Kazuul's Fury offers a Fling that doesn't take a card slot. Early game use it as a land, mid game use it to sac a creature with a +1/+1 counter, and late game use it to finish an opponent.
- Flayer of the Hatebound and Herald of Secret Streams are great ways to weaponize some of the +1/+1 counter synergies you already run. But if you get to a point where you can't easily get more +1/+1 counters and none of your opponents are on the throne, attacking their life directly is good.
- I personally like Anathemancer and have used it to finish people on more than one occasion.
- Rakdos Charm offers good utility and can sometimes be used as a finisher if they have enough creatures or low enough life.
- Some Marchesa decks run Mob Rule and Mass Mutiny because they synergize with Marchesa's ability to become permanent theft (get a +1/+1 counter on the stolen creatures, and if they die that turn, they return on your side of the battlefield), but these cards can also double as finishers, using your opponents' creatures against them.
- Kazuul's Fury offers a Fling that doesn't take a card slot. Early game use it as a land, mid game use it to sac a creature with a +1/+1 counter, and late game use it to finish an opponent.
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