As you may have noticed from each other entry on this list, many pirates have abilities that trigger when the creature at hand attacks, synergizing quite seamlessly with the Dethrone and recursion Marchesa provides
Heres how a list might look like, inspired by Daniele Ingallineras Top 8 list at the online MagicFest: Creatures (4) Lands (29) Spells (27) 4 Opt 4 Expansion 4 Growth Spiral 4 Wilderness Reclamation 2 Aether Gust 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Scorching Dragonfire 2 Storm's Wrath 3 Thassa's Intervention 2 Boon of the Wish-Giver Sideboard In this list, there are four Opts and two Boons, but its definitely possible these numbers could be swapped or even increased to four copies of each in the future, depending how things shape up
Those two events combining is a poor 10% of the time at best and that isn't the end of the story
They smother your opponents when paired with a card like Chitterspitter, or you could use this commanders activated ability as pump or removal
Because once we're flickering Archaeomancer rather than recasting her from the Graveyard each turn, we can just cast Magma Opus over and over and do the rest of the damage
Even the non-Defenders, including mana dorks like Avacyns Pilgrim, fall under its two-power-or-less purview