Let the right one in by user6082173

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Mardu deck is a Vampire tribal aggro-aristocrats list piloted by Edgar Markov. The strategy leverages Edgar's eminence ability to generate 1/1 Vampire tokens from the command zone at zero mana cost whenever a Vampire spell is cast. In the early game, the deck curves out with low-cost Vampires, rapidly establishing a wide board presence by Turn 3. On Turn 4, it transitions into lethal pressure using high-impact force multipliers like Shared Animosity, Sanctum Seeker, and Purphoros, God of the Forge, or sets up aristocrat sacrifice engines with Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. While the deck has high resilience against destruction wipes due to death-trigger drain and effortless token re-establishment, it lacks stack countermagic and dedicated mass protection spells, requiring aggressive sequencing to close games before opponents assemble uninteractable combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fateful Absence
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Florian, Voldaren Scion
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Insolent Neonate
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voldaren Epicure
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician