Markov by noelrojo

Format: Commander

Commander: Edgar Markov

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 69

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed competitive Mardu aristocrats storm deck led by Edgar Markov. Rather than relying on Edgar in combat, the deck exploits his eminence ability from the command zone to generate free 1/1 Vampire tokens whenever low-cost Vampires are cast. These tokens serve as instant fodder for powerful mana rituals like Culling the Weak, card engines like Skullclamp, and sacrifice tutors like Diabolic Intent and Razaketh, the Foulblooded. The primary win route reanimates Razaketh on Turn 3, searches for protection like Silence or Grand Abolisher, and assembles an infinite aristocrat loop using Forsaken Miner, Phyrexian Altar, and Blood Artist to drain the entire table in a single turn. Backup strategies include Bolas's Citadel storm, Underworld Breach lines, and Oathsworn Vampire loops, supported by an efficient interactive suite and potent hatebears.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Beseech the Mirror
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Charismatic Conqueror
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Cloudstone Curio
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cordial Vampire
• 1 Corrupted Conviction
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1 Edgar Markov
• 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Entomb
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Forsaken Miner
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Imperial Seal
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Lively Dirge
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Master of Dark Rites
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Oathsworn Vampire
• 1 Opposition Agent
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 1 Phyrexian Tower
• 1 Plains
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Pyroblast
• 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Silence
• 1 Silent Clearing
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Partition
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Universal Automaton
• 1 Unmarked Grave
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vanishing Verse
• 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Viscera Seer
• 1 Voldaren Epicure
• 1 Voldaren Estate
• 1 Warren Soultrader
• 1 Wear // Tear
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Wheel of Fortune
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Wooded Foothills