Edgar Markov: Ketsueki Build by Genghiskhant

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This Mardu deck utilizes Edgar Markov's eminence ability to execute a hyper-efficient tribal aggro-aristocrats strategy. By casting inexpensive 1-drop and 2-drop Vampires early, the deck rapidly builds a wide battlefield of nontoken creatures and 1/1 Vampire tokens without committing its commander to the board. On Turn 3, it establishes key draw or pump engines, setting up an explosive critical onset on Turn 4 with scaling lords and life-drain payoffs such as Sanctum Seeker, Malakir Bloodwitch, and Cordial Vampire. Opponents face continuous pressure from both wide combat steps and death triggers via Blood Artist and Cruel Celebrant. Premium card draw engines like Skullclamp and The One Ring ensure sustained hand replenishment. Efficient spot removal and light stax pieces disrupt opposing game plans while the Vampire swarm closes out the game by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Angel's Grace
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
• 1 Bontu's Monument
• 1 Captivating Vampire
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Champion of Dusk
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cordial Vampire
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1 Edgar Markov
• 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Falkenrath Pit Fighter
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Forerunner of the Legion
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Idol of Oblivion
• 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1 Insolent Neonate
• 1 Kalastria Highborn
• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Master of Dark Rites
• 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Oathsworn Vampire
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Plains
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Pyre of Heroes
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sanctum Seeker
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scion of Opulence
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Silent Clearing
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1 Soul Partition
• 1 Stromkirk Captain
• 1 Sunbaked Canyon
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tainted Field
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Tithe Drinker
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Universal Automaton
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vampire Gourmand
• 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vanishing Verse
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
• 1 Voldaren Epicure
• 1 Voldaren Estate
• 1 Volrath's Stronghold
• 1 Wear // Tear
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Wheel of Fortune
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Wooded Foothills