Markov’s massacre by TheGlizzyGoblin

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Edgar Markov deck is an aggressive tribal aggro and aristocrat strategy designed to swarm the battlefield quickly. Edgar's eminence ability generates a 1/1 Vampire token whenever any Vampire spell is cast, creating rapid board presence without requiring commander deployment. The deck builds early momentum with low-cost creatures, enhances them with tribal lords, +1/+1 counter engines, and damage multipliers like Shared Animosity, and applies heavy combat pressure. Secondary aristocrat elements such as Blood Artist, Sanctum Seeker, and Malakir Bloodwitch drain opponents' life totals and convert combat trades or board wipes into reach. The removal package features versatile exile effects and high-impact asymmetric sweepers like Olivia's Wrath and Ruinous Ultimatum. While vulnerable to mass creature sweepers and lacking stack-based interaction, the deck maintains high resilience through steady eminence token production and efficient card advantage engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baron Bertram Graywater
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Tribute
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Markov Baron
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Olivia Voldaren
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Rakish Heir
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire Socialite
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vampires' Vengeance
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wild Ricochet
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan