Team Edgar by Tphetsipho

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

Edgar Markov helms one of Commander's most enduring aggro-aristocrat archetypes, leveraging Eminence to generate free 1/1 Vampire tokens from the command zone whenever a Vampire is cast. The deck curves aggressively with low-mana Vampires to rapidly build a wide board state, transitioning into mid-game dominance through anthem lords like Cordial Vampire, attack drain from Sanctum Seeker, and damage amplification via Bloodletter of Aclazotz. Aristocrat staples such as Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Bastion of Remembrance punish opponent sweepers by converting creature deaths into massive table-wide life swings. The deck supplements its aggressive beatdown with versatile interaction, creature suppression via Dictate of Erebos, and an A+B infinite combo finish with Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. Highly resilient to targeted removal thanks to the commander remaining in the command zone, the deck consistently presents lethal pressure between Turns 5 and 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Astarion, the Decadent
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Beseech the Queen
• 1 Bitter Triumph
• 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1 Bloodline Bidding
• 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
• 1 Captivating Vampire
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Cordial Vampire
• 1 Dark Fortress
• 1 Dawn's Truce
• 1 Dictate of Erebos
• 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
• 1 Eaten Alive
• 1 Eclipsed Steppe
• 1 Edgar Markov
• 1 Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord
• 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
• 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exquisite Blood
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Falkenrath Noble
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1 Markov Enforcer
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 1 Mortify
• 1 Mortuary Mire
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Olivia Voldaren
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Patron of the Vein
• 4 Plains
• 1 Radiant Summit
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sanctum Seeker
• 1 Sanguine Bond
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Skycoach Waypoint
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1 Starscape Cleric
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Thirsting Bloodlord
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• 1 Vampiric Rites
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Veinwitch Coven
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Voldaren Estate
• 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Wispdrinker Vampire
• 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat