The Count (duplicated from Hokochu) by hokochu

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Edgar Markov deck is an aggressive tribal aggro-aristocrats list designed to rapidly deploy a wide board of Vampires and close the game through combat multipliers, drain triggers, and compact combo finishes. Powered by Edgar Markov's eminence ability, every cheap Vampire spell automatically generates an extra 1/1 token without ever requiring the commander to enter the battlefield. The deck curves aggressively on Turns 1 through 3, building a critical mass of five to eight creatures before deploying lethal scaling pieces like Shared Animosity, Cathars' Crusade, or Akroma's Will on Turn 4. Card advantage is maintained through high-velocity engines like Skullclamp, Plumb the Forbidden, and Necropotence, which easily convert disposable tokens into fresh resources. As an alternate win condition, the deck features the infinite life-drain combo between Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Exquisite Blood. While highly resilient to conventional wipes due to eminence, the list is vulnerable to instant-speed combo decks due to light interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Anointed Procession
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Battle Hymn
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Blood Seeker
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Captivating Vampire
• 1 Cathars' Crusade
• 1 Champion of Dusk
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 Child of Night
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cordial Vampire
• 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Door of Destinies
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
• 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1 Duskborne Skymarcher
• 1 Edgar Markov
• 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1 Exquisite Blood
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fire Covenant
• 1 Forerunner of the Legion
• 1 Gifted Aetherborn
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1 Legion Lieutenant
• 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Martyr of Dusk
• 1 Master of Dark Rites
• 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Necrodominance
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Oathsworn Vampire
• 1 Olivia's Wrath
• 1 Pact of the Serpent
• 1 Pawn of Ulamog
• 5 Plains
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Rakish Heir
• 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sanctum Seeker
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skymarcher Aspirant
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stromkirk Captain
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Tithe Drinker
• 1 Tocasia's Welcome
• 1 Twilight Prophet
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Vampire Socialite
• 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vicious Conquistador
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
• 1 Welcoming Vampire