Mardu Vampires by OG_GAMER

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Mardu Vampire Aristocrats strategy commanded by Edgar Markov. It leverages Edgar's eminence ability to produce a steady swarm of 1/1 Vampire tokens whenever you cast Vampire spells, fueling aggressive pressure and sacrifice engines like Skullclamp and Phyrexian Altar. The deck accelerates its mana using an elite package of fast rocks and rituals including Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Sol Ring, and Dark Ritual. Its primary win condition is an infinite life-drain loop assembled with Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror combined with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Marauding Blight-Priest. Supported by five premium black tutors, Necropotence, and Bolas's Citadel, the deck reliably assembles this combo by Turn 4. While it possesses strong card advantage and commander independence, its defensive interaction and stack protection remain lean, leaving it vulnerable to well-timed spot removal and countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Baron Bertram Graywater
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drana's Emissary
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Epicure of Blood
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Vindictive Vampire
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Warleader's Call