Vampires by Dumbcrap1

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Mardu Vampire tribal strategy commanded by Edgar Markov. The primary game plan capitalizes on Edgar's Eminence ability, which creates a 1/1 black Vampire token whenever any Vampire spell is cast, functioning even while Edgar remains in the command zone. The deck curves low-cost Vampires on Turns 1 through 3 to build a wide board of six or more bodies by Turn 4. From there, it transitions into lethal pressure via powerful anthems like Shared Animosity and Warleader's Call, or life-drain engines such as Sanctum Seeker and Bloodletter of Aclazotz. The deck closes games through rapid combat damage backed by aristocrat death triggers from Cruel Celebrant. While it applies rapid early pressure and recovers quickly thanks to Eminence, the deck relies heavily on combat damage, suffers from limited card velocity and stack interaction, and remains vulnerable to mass exile and bounce sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arterial Flow
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bishop of the Bloodstained
  • 1 Blood Seeker
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodmad Vampire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Aerialist
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ferocity of the Wilds
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Foggy Swamp Visions
  • 1 Haunted Fengraf
  • 1 Light of Promise
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Baron
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Petrify
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Pulse Tracker
  • 1 Raise Dead
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rally of Wings
  • 1 Return from Extinction
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Sanguine Syphoner
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Stensia Masquerade
  • 1 Stromkirk Bloodthief
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Stromkirk Mentor
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tenured Inkcaster
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Haunt of Hightower
  • 1 Thought Prison
  • 1 Trapped in the Tower
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire Socialite
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vampires' Vengeance
  • 1 Vicious Conquistador
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vindictive Vampire
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Voldaren Ambusher
  • 1 Voldaren Duelist
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire