Edgar by RolaufTheWizard

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an aggressive Mardu Vampire tribal deck helmed by Edgar Markov, whose Eminence ability creates a free 1/1 Vampire token every time you cast another Vampire spell-even while he sits in the command zone. The primary game plan is to flood the board with cheap Vampires, pump them with lords (Legion Lieutenant, Stromkirk Captain, Door of Destinies) and anthem effects (Coat of Arms), then drain the table to death using repeatable life-loss triggers like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, Sanctum Seeker, and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck relies on incremental combat damage and aristocrats-style sacrificing to pressure three opponents simultaneously. It has no infinite combos, instead relying on overwhelming board presence and efficient removal to grind out wins. It also packs a few mass-reanimation spells (Bloodline Bidding) as recovery from wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodtracker
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Consuming Corruption
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Quag Vampires
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Thirsting Bloodlord
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampire Neonate
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire