Edgar Markov lll by MeatDaddyBBQ

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed tribal aggro and aristocrats engine commanded by Edgar Markov. By leveraging the free token generation of Eminence, the deck floods the board with seventeen efficient 1-drop Vampires during the opening turns. It converts this wide board state into explosive card advantage using Skullclamp, Pact of the Serpent, and Champion of Dusk. Lethal pressure is applied rapidly through massive pump effects like Shared Animosity, Coat of Arms, and Purphoros, God of the Forge, presenting table-ending damage as early as Turn 4. Asymmetric sweepers like Olivia's Wrath and Crippling Fear clear away opposing blockers while leaving your Vampire army untouched. If combat stalls, the deck can transition seamlessly into an alternate aristocrats drain plan or assemble the two-card infinite combo of Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. Although weak to unresolved board wipes, its low curve guarantees rapid rebuilding.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Duskborne Skymarcher
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Falkenrath Pit Fighter
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Florian, Voldaren Scion
  • 1 Gas Guzzler
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Guul Draz Assassin
  • 1 Ichor Drinker
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Insolent Neonate
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Markov Baron
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Minions' Murmurs
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Phyrexian Purge
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pulse Tracker
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shadow Alley Denizen
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skymarcher Aspirant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Stromkirk Noble
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire Cutthroat
  • 1 Vampire Nocturnus
  • 1 Vampire Socialite
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vampires' Vengeance
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vicious Conquistador
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician