Edgar Budget by Justin_Logan

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

Led by Edgar Markov, this Mardu deck executes a fast Vampire tribal aggro strategy backed by aristocrat drain triggers and an infinite combo finish. Edgar's eminence ability creates 1/1 Vampire tokens from Turn 1 whenever a Vampire spell is cast, developing a threatening board without needing commander mana. The deck builds pressure through low-cost creatures like Knight of the Ebon Legion and Voldaren Epicure, transitioning into tribal lords such as Legion Lieutenant, Stromkirk Captain, and massive attack multipliers like Shared Animosity. As the board expands, pieces like Sanctum Seeker, Blood Artist, and Malakir Bloodwitch drain opponent life totals directly, converting attacks and token deaths into unpreventable damage. If the board is cleared, mass recursion like Patriarch's Bidding and Living Death quickly restores momentum. Finally, the two-card combo of Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose provides an immediate table kill against stalled boards.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Seeker
• 1 Bloodfell Caves
• 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
• 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
• 1 Bolt Bend
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Captivating Vampire
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 Cleric Class
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cordial Vampire
• 1 Door of Destinies
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1 Edgar Markov
• 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
• 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exquisite Blood
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Florian, Voldaren Scion
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Gifted Aetherborn
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1 Legion Lieutenant
• 1 Living Death
• 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1 Mortify
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Patriarch's Bidding
• 1 Patron of the Vein
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 3 Plains
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Sanctum Seeker
• 1 Sanguine Bond
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Sign in Blood
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1 Stromkirk Captain
• 1 Stromkirk Noble
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Vampire Hexmage
• 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1 Vanquish the Horde
• 1 Vicious Conquistador
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Voldaren Epicure
• 1 Wear // Tear
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Withering Boon