Bloodline 🩸 Unleashed by randxslam

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

Edgar Markov commands an aggressive Mardu Vampire tribal deck that blends explosive go-wide combat with resilient aristocrat drain and combo finishes. The deck's primary engine centers on Edgar's Eminence ability, which creates free 1/1 Vampire tokens whenever a Vampire spell is cast, requiring zero initial mana investment from the command zone. Supported by a dense suite of 0- and 1-CMC fast mana, low-curve creatures rapidly flood the board on turns 1 through 3. On turn 4, the deck transitions into critical onset by deploying overwhelming combat amplifiers like Shared Animosity, Akroma's Will, or Bloodletter of Aclazotz, threatening lethal damage across multiple opponents. Backup win conditions include an infinite life-drain combo between Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, as well as sustained attrition from Grave Pact and Blood Artist. While vulnerable to exile-based board wipes and stack-based combo decks due to a lack of counterspells, the deck boasts exceptional engine recovery, rebuilding lethal boards within a single turn cycle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Kalastria Highborn
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Rakish Heir
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadow Alley Denizen
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stromkirk Noble
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire Cutthroat
  • 1 Vampire Neonate
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Vicious Conquistador
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire