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Queen Marchesa

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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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AI DraftJun 3, 2026

Queen Marchesa + Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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Overview

If Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer deals combat damage to a player who is the monarch, two triggered abilities result: Ragavan’s own triggered ability (create a Treasure and exile the top card; you may cast it until end of turn) and the monarchy trigger that makes Ragavan’s controller the monarch . If you control Queen Marchesa, her upkeep trigger only creates a 1/1 Assassin token if an opponent is the monarch at the beginning of your upkeep, so stealing the monarchy with Ragavan will prevent you from getting that token on your upcoming upkeep. Haste interactions (Ragavan’s Dash or tokens with haste) are governed by haste being a static ability and Dash’s ruling about casting for the dash cost .

Step 1

Combat damage event: Ragavan deals combat damage to a player who is the monarch; that event causes Ragavan’s triggered ability to trigger (the text on Ragavan) and it also causes the monarchy inherent triggered ability to trigger ("Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch") .

Step 2

Triggers are put on the stack. Each triggered ability’s controller will have their triggers placed on the stack and they resolve in the normal way; the relative ordering can affect timing but not the fact that both will resolve eventually .

Step 3

Ragavan’s triggered ability resolves: you create a Treasure token and exile the top card of the damaged player’s library; you may cast that exiled card until end of turn (this is Ragavan’s oracle text).

Step 4

The monarchy triggered ability resolves: it makes Ragavan’s controller the monarch when it resolves (the monarchy rule is an inherent triggered ability) .

Step 5

Result before next upkeep: Ragavan’s controller is now the monarch. If that same player controls Queen Marchesa, then at the beginning of that player’s next upkeep the condition on Queen Marchesa’s upkeep ability ('if an opponent is the monarch') will be false, so no 1/1 Assassin token is created that upkeep (Queen Marchesa’s upkeep text).

Step 6

Haste considerations: Ragavan can be given haste if it was cast for its Dash cost or otherwise has haste; Dash works when casting the spell and grants haste (and a delayed return-to-hand), per , and haste rules let a creature attack the turn it comes under your control .

Step 7

Queen Marchesa’s created Assassin token has deathtouch and haste (per Queen Marchesa’s oracle text); deathtouch interactions with lethal damage are handled by state-based actions () and haste allows it to attack immediately ().

Resolution

When Ragavan deals combat damage to a player who is the monarch, Ragavan’s triggered ability and the monarchy’s triggered ability both trigger; when the monarchy trigger resolves it makes Ragavan’s controller the monarch (per ). If that controller also controls Queen Marchesa, Queen Marchesa’s upkeep trigger will not create an Assassin token on that controller’s next upkeep because the condition “if an opponent is the monarch” will be false. Ragavan can be given haste by Dash and attack the same turn per and haste’s rule .

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