Vamps by Chynski45

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Edgar Markov deck is an aggressive, synergistic Vampire tribal and aristocrats deck that exploits the commander's eminence ability to flood the board with 1/1 Vampire tokens from Turn 1. By deploying low-cost Vampires, the deck builds an evasive, wide board presence that scales through +1/+1 counter engines like Cordial Vampire and Drana, Liberator of Malakir, or life-draining triggers via Sanctum Seeker, Blood Artist, and Cruel Celebrant. The deck also includes the compact infinite life-drain combo of Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose as an alternate path to victory. Strong exile removal and modal board wipes provide versatile answers, while eminence ensures rapid recovery after opposing sweepers. The deck's primary vulnerabilities are a lack of stack interaction, reliance on multi-turn creature combat, and limited instant-speed wipe protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Barrensteppe Siege
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodline Necromancer
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Braids, Cabal Minion
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wispdrinker Vampire