succ by Nighthawk354

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Edgar Markov deck is an aggressive Mardu tribal aristocrats build designed to establish early board dominance and overwhelm opponents through combat and life drain. Edgar's eminence ability generates a free 1/1 Vampire token with every Vampire cast, rapidly building a wide board presence from Turn 1 without committing the commander to the battlefield. The deck converts this token swarm into lethal pressure using anthem lords, explosive combat amplifiers like Shared Animosity and Akroma's Will, and life-loss multipliers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz. Should combat stall, aristocrat engines powered by Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and The Meathook Massacre punish opponents for clearing the board. It also packs an infinite life-drain combo via Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The deck recovers effortlessly from standard creature sweepers, though its reliance on combat damage and lack of counterspells leave it vulnerable to fast combo and mass exile effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 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 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Baron
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan