Vampire Weekend by trippbryant1

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This Edgar Markov deck is an aggressive tribal aristocrats and combo engine that exploits eminence to generate free 1/1 Vampire tokens from the command zone. Early turns focus on casting efficient low-mana Vampires to flood the board, turning tokens into card advantage through Skullclamp and Idol of Oblivion. The primary win route applies explosive combat damage on Turn 4 using powerful force multipliers like Shared Animosity, Akroma's Will, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz, wrapping up the table by Turn 5. Alternatively, the deck can tutor into compact two-card infinite drain loops using Exquisite Blood paired with Sanguine Bond, Vito, or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. While the deck possesses resilient rebuild potential due to eminence and premier phase-out protection in Teferi's Protection and Clever Concealment, its lack of blue countermagic leaves it reliant on proactive pressure and efficient spot removal to handle opposing stack-based wins.

Decklist (98 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baron Bertram Graywater
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
  • 1 Edgar Markov
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Falkenrath Pit Fighter
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Bloodwitch
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Markov Baron
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mortify
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
  • 1 Stromkirk Captain
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vampire Gourmand
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire Socialite
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Ambusher
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan