Let the right one in by user5630951

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Edgar Markov deck executes a classic Mardu Vampire tribal strategy that seamlessly blends aggressive go-wide combat with an aristocrats drain engine. Edgar's Eminence ability triggers from the command zone at zero mana cost, generating a 1/1 Vampire token whenever any Vampire spell is cast. By flooding the board with efficient one- and two-mana Vampires during turns one through three, the deck establishes an overwhelming board presence without committing its commander to the battlefield. On turns four and five, mass combat multipliers like Shared Animosity, Coat of Arms, and Sanctum Seeker, or direct damage engines like Purphoros, God of the Forge and Blood Artist, turn this swarm into lethal table-wide pressure. The deck features versatile spot removal in Mardu colors to eliminate key opposing roadblocks, while death-trigger engines and mass recursion like Patriarch's Bidding provide strong resilience against board wipes, reliably closing out games around turn six.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 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 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 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 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
  • 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 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scion of Opulence
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 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