How to play the Edgar Markov Commander deck in Magic: The Gathering

Edgar Markov is one Magic: The Gathering The most notorious commanders. This is an incredibly powerful Mardu (Red/White/Black) Commander focused on vampires. If you want to build the perfect vampire deck, Edgar Markov Commander is the one you want to run.

For the most part, vampires are either red, white, or black, allowing Edgar Markov to play all the best vampire and vampire support cards. Eminence is one of the most powerful mechanics in all of Magic, and Edgar Markov has one of the best known effects, so you can play vampire cards in the bulk bin and still have a great deck.

decklist

decklist 32 creatures, seven tones, 11 moments, 13 artifacts, two enchantments, and 34 land. Since the deck focuses on multiple creatures, they make up the majority of the deck, with the rest of the permanents supporting the vampire creature type.

Key cards

Edgar Markov

Edgar Markov is the commander of the deck (and one of the best commanders of all time). Be it on the battlefield or in the command zone, Edgar Markov will create a 1/1 Vampire token when he casts a Vampire. This will make your battlefield grow faster and gain a bigger presence in the game very quickly.

Since the famous command will trigger in the zone, you don't have to rush to cast it. You'll be able to quickly gather a ton of vampires without needing to cast Edgar. It's often best to wait to cast Edgar until you're ready to push for victory in the endgame.

On the battlefield, Edgar Markov can Increase the stats of all vampires. This triggers on attack, so by the time Edgar Markov makes it to fight, all vampires will be +1/+1 large. Edgar has haste, so you'll be able to take advantage of its second effect immediately.

Malakir Bloodwich

Malakir Bloodwich Hurting everyone in the game is the best way to get yourself back into the game. when this enters the battlefield, all opponents lose life equal to the number of vampires you control and you gain that much life.

That is the strength of Malakir Bloodwitch All life is lost from your opponent's stack. So if you have five vampires, each opponent will lose five life and you will gain 15 in total. With an Edgar Markov deck, you'll likely become public enemy Right off the bat, so Malakir Bloodwitch is an important piece to stay in play and undo life damage as you begin building your battlefield.

Charming aristocrat

Cards that spread +1/+1 counters across all of your vampires are a key way to turn your simple tokens into huge threats. Charming aristocrat One of those ways is, Giving each vampire two mana and a +1/+1 counter to sacrifice a creature.

Comes from the strength of Indulgent Aristocrat The effect is not only triggering once per turn. As long as you have creatures to sacrifice and mana to pay, you can keep pumping out your vampires. Since Edgar Markov made so many vampire tokens, you'll have plenty of creatures to sacrifice to the jovial Aristocrat.

A charming vampire

A charming vampire One of the best vampire support cards. It will happen Give them all a small stat boost As a static ability, however Let you steal any creatures your opponents control by tapping five vampires. There is no restriction on the type of creature, and you Permanently gain control of a stolen creature.

Charmed Vampire can be used in the last step before your turn starts, tap your vampires to steal as many creatures as possible because they will untap as soon as you start your actual turn.

With Edgar Markov, you will have a huge battlefield of creatures. this Captivating Vampire allows you to tap your Vampire tokens to take your opponent's best creatures.. The effect can be used as you like and Can be done immediatelyLetting you take a key card during the opponent's turn to potentially cut off a combo.

Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms The easiest way to give all your creatures a huge stat boost. Each vampire will get +1/+1 for every other vampire. So, if you have four vampires, they will be boosted by +3/+3 (since they don't count towards the stat boost themselves).

you You want your creatures to have the highest stats possible, Your battlefield is likely to be the largest in your game. Coat of Arms is a great way to boost those creatures without doing anything extra, unlike other stat-boosting effects.

How to play the deck

One is the Edgar Markov Commander deck All about flooding the battlefield with vampire tokens and defeating your opponents. you Want to generate tokens quickly And get in for damage before your opponents have a chance to set up any defenses. Thanks to Prominence, this is something that is easily done with your low-value vampires.

There is a deck Very combat-oriented, So you want to increase the stats of all your vampires. Edgar Markov When attacking, Drana, savior of Malakir Gives +1/+1 counters to all attacking creatures when it deals combat damage, and The rakish heir Gives all vampires this ability that when they deal combat damage, they gain a +1+/+1 counter.

Artifacts are great stat boosters and harder to get rid of than creatures. Vanquisher's Banner, Coat of Arms, and A banner of kinship All of those are artifacts that will boost your vampires exponentially.

The The deck's primary win condition is to win through combat. You'll make a significant amount of Vampire Tokens thanks to Edgar's famous ability, which is then augmented by other permanents. The deck has a lot of draw power, making it easy to get to your key cards quickly. Because of how quickly you can spawn vampires, you can quickly reach victory by simply casting vampire spells.

The The biggest downside of the deck is that you will be attacked immediately. When a commander becomes prominent, it immediately puts you ahead of your opponents. In some modes, your opponents will see the possibility of taking you out of the game, if they don't you will run out of the game.