Vampires

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

Edgar Markov commands an aggressive Mardu Vampire tribal shell that seamlessly transitions from early token generation into an efficient aristocrats and reanimator combo finish. Edgar's Eminence ability provides immediate, uncounterable board presence from the command zone, generating 1/1 Vampire tokens whenever cheap tribal creatures are cast. These tokens feed powerful sacrifice outlets like Skullclamp, Warren Soultrader, and Phyrexian Altar, generating explosive card advantage and mana velocity. The deck's primary victory line leverages black tutors and reanimation spells to assemble the two-card infinite combo of Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Marauding Blight-Priest. This life-gain and life-drain loop executes an instant table kill upon any life total change. In backup lines, the deck overwhelms opponents with aristocrat drain loops or lord-boosted token swarms, maintaining strong resilience through graveyard recursion and passive token generation.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Baron Bertram Graywater
• 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodghast
• 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1 Buried Alive
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Captivating Vampire
• 1 Caretaker's Talent
• 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
• 1 Castle Locthwain
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Champion of Dusk
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
• 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cordial Vampire
• 1 Corrupted Conviction
• 1 Crossway Troublemakers
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1 Edgar Markov
• 1 Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord
• 1 Elenda's Hierophant
• 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
• 1 Enduring Tenacity
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Forerunner of the Legion
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grave Pact
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Idol of Oblivion
• 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1 Legion Lieutenant
• 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1 Markov Baron
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Master of Dark Rites
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Oathsworn Vampire
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 3 Plains
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Renewed Solidarity
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stromkirk Captain
• 9 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Twilight Prophet
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vampire Cutthroat
• 1 Vampire Gourmand
• 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
• 1 Vicious Conquistador
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Voldaren Estate
• 1 Warren Soultrader
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills