Edgar by user4437785

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Mardu aggro-aristocrats strategy built around Edgar Markov. The game plan exploits Edgar's Eminence ability, which creates a 1/1 black Vampire token whenever any Vampire spell is cast, even while Edgar remains in the command zone. In the opening turns, the deck deploys low-cost Vampires to build a wide board state without consuming extra cards. In the mid-game, it pivots into lethal aggression by casting Edgar Markov to buff the entire team on attack, or leverages aristocrat payoffs like Blood Artist, Vindictive Vampire, and Vein Ripper to drain opponents whenever creatures die. Highly efficient spot removal handles priority threats, while cards like Boros Charm and Akroma's Will protect the board and close out the game. The deck's primary limitations stem from tap-land friction, intermittent card draw, and an absence of stack-based countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodhall Priest
  • 1 Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
  • 1 Bloodtithe Harvester
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreamdrinker Vampire
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Glorifier of Suffering
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 High-Society Hunter
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Liliana of the Veil
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Restless Fortress
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sengir, the Dark Baron
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Vermin Gorger
  • 1 Vindictive Vampire
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voldaren Epicure
  • 1 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zombify