Ventrue by beltane

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mardu Vampire tribal aggro and aristocrats strategy commanded by Edgar Markov. The game plan revolves around exploiting Edgar's eminence ability, which generates a 1/1 Vampire token whenever any Vampire spell is cast. By flooding the board with low-cost Vampires during the early turns, the deck rapidly establishes a wide battlefield presence without requiring Edgar to leave the command zone. Mid-game turns leverage tribal anthems, combat lords like Drana, Liberator of Malakir, and life-draining engines such as Sanctum Seeker, Cruel Celebrant, and Wispdrinker Vampire to chip away at opposing life totals. When Edgar Markov enters combat on Turn 6, his attack trigger distributes +1/+1 counters across all attacking Vampires, presenting a formidable lethal clock that closes the game by Turn 8. While the deck possesses resilient board-rebuilding capabilities via eminence, its lack of dedicated tutors, stack interaction, and board-wide protection leaves it vulnerable to mass creature sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Petal Celebrant
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodtracker
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Chalice of Life // Chalice of Death
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Distinguished Conjurer
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Falkenrath Noble
  • 1 Fields of Strife
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Grey Host Reinforcements
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Waltzer
  • 1 Martyr of Dusk
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mounted Dreadknight
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Old Thrush
  • 1 Olivia Voldaren
  • 1 Order of Sacred Dusk
  • 1 Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Redemption Choir
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Syphoner
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Social Snub
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 1 Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
  • 1 Stromkirk Bloodthief
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Traveler's Amulet
  • 1 Voldaren Ambusher
  • 1 Voldaren Duelist
  • 1 Voldaren Epicure
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vona, Butcher of Magan
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Wispdrinker Vampire