Castlevania - Symphony Of The Night
Commander / EDH* Aggro Competitive Infinite Combo Multiplayer Primer RBW (Mardu) Sacrifice Vampires
Creature (34)
- 1x Blood Artist
- 1x Bloodcrazed Paladin
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1x
Bloodline Keeper
Flip
- 1x Captivating Vampire
- 1x Cleric of Life's Bond
- 1x Cordial Vampire
- 1x Cruel Celebrant
- 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
- 1x Duskborne Skymarcher
- 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
- 1x Falkenrath Gorger
- 1x Forerunner of the Legion
- 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
- 1x Gifted Aetherborn
- 1x Guul Draz Assassin
- 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
- 1x Kalastria Highborn
- 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
- 1x Knight of the Ebon Legion
- 1x Legion Lieutenant
- 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
- 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
- 1x Oathsworn Vampire
- 1x Olivia Voldaren
- 1x Olivia's Bloodsworn
- 1x Pitiless Pontiff
- 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
- 1x Stromkirk Captain
- 1x Stromkirk Condemned
- 1x Stromkirk Noble
- 1x Twilight Prophet
- 1x Vampire Hexmage
- 1x Viscera Seer
- 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Land (33)
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1x
Ancient Tomb
- 1x Arid Mesa
- 1x Badlands
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1x
Blood Crypt
- 1x Bloodstained Mire
- 1x Cavern of Souls
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1x
City of Brass
- 1x Command Tower
- 1x Fetid Heath
- 1x Flooded Strand
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1x
Godless Shrine
- 1x Graven Cairns
- 1x Mana Confluence
- 1x Marsh Flats
- 1x Mountain
- 1x Plains
- 1x Plateau
- 1x Polluted Delta
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1x
Reflecting Pool
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1x
Sacred Foundry
- 1x Scalding Tarn
- 1x Scrubland
- 1x Spectator Seating
- 1x Strip Mine
- 3x Swamp
- 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1x Vault of Champions
- 1x Verdant Catacombs
- 1x Volrath's Stronghold
- 1x Windswept Heath
- 1x Wooded Foothills
Enchantment (7)
Commander (1)
Artifact (10)
- 1x Bontu's Monument
- 1x Chrome Mox
- 1x Herald's Horn
- 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
- 1x Mana Crypt
- 1x Mana Vault
- 1x Mox Diamond
- 1x Phyrexian Altar
- 1x Skullclamp
- 1x Sol Ring
Sorcery (10)
- 1x Cruel Tutor
- 1x Damnation
- 1x Demonic Tutor
- 1x Diabolic Intent
- 1x Grim Tutor
- 1x Idyllic Tutor
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1x
Imperial Seal
- 1x Vindicate
- 1x Wheel of Fortune
- 1x Yawgmoth's Will
Instant (5)
Sideboard
Sorcery (4)
Instant (1)
Enchantment (3)
Maybeboard
Creature (7)
- 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
- 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
- 1x Metallic Mimic
- 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
- 1x Paladin of Atonement
- 1x Vampire Nighthawk
- 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
Sorcery (1)
Instant (5)
Artifact (2)
Enchantment (4)
Land (1)
Castlevania - Symphony of the night
"You claim to love the darkness. Go then and dwell there for all eternity." - Alurcard
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Aggro-ish goodness from grand daddy Edgar Markov
. I think this commander is still pure value. This is one of the decks allowed in my friendly playgroups since ultra competitive and stax decks are generally called "unfun". The deck is full of tutors to grab appropriate responses or combo pieces for quick wincons, but can fall back on good old beat down reliably, and on nutty draws it can create a soft lock on the board that should win you the game.
Go wide by playing early vamps
The most natural state of this deck. While definitely vulnerable to board wipes, we try to mitigate some of that through cards like Yawgmoth's Will, Boros Charm, Teferi's Protection, and Volrath's Stronghold. Boros Charm and Teferi's Protection could also be used offensively in combos. Key to recursion with Edgar is getting to cast the spell repeatedly, to get the token value, and sometimes a very disgusting Malakir Bloodwitch (recurse her and you will feel the table get grainy with salt)
Take control of opponents' staples
With cards like Captivating Vampire and Olivia Voldaren if you see something you like, it's yours. Your opponents will want these guys off the table ASAP, and the funny thing is, they're not even the worst thing your deck can put out, but it can win you the game if not answered.
Edgar combos
Even though we are in semi-casual territory, we still need wincons, and pure beatdown can only get you so far against the kind of crazy decks played in commander now a days.
- Edgar Markov (Eminence) + Cruel Celebrant / Blood Artist + Phyrexian Altar + Oathsworn Vampire: Deal infinite damage, gain infinite life
- Edgar Markov (Eminence) + Bontu's Monument + Phyrexian Altar + Oathsworn Vampire: Same as above
- Lion's Eye Diamond + Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune: Iterate through your deck until you find any of the above combos to win
- Leonin Relic-Warder + Animate Dead + Cruel Celebrant / Blood Artist: Deal infinite damage, gain infinite life
Play into your janky combos/synergies
One sided board wipes
The following combinations let you get significantly ahead, some of these can be played as early as turn 4 with the right draws:
- Boros Charm + Jokulhaups
- Teferi's Protection + Jokulhaups
- Boros Charm + Damnation
- Teferi's Protection + Damnation
Synergies
- Stromkirk Captain + Reconnaissance, gives all your creatures pseudo indestructible and pseudo vigilance
- Stromkirk Condemned + Falkenrath Gorger
After Edgar's ban in Duel and 1v1 Commander, the pattern that emerged was that of battlecruiser / ramp type Edgar decks. Those may function OK, but I strongly believe that Edgar has not been fully tapped yet. The approach this deck takes is one of going just wide enough and soft locking the board when favorably ahead (as opposed as just straight up face damage like the 1v1 decks worked), you'll do this through the use of staxy cards like Damnation, Armageddon, and Dictate of Erebos in combination with cards like Boros Charm to protect your permanents.
Most lords are in the 3CMC slot so we use some ramp to cheat our desired board-state as early as possible, but our options are limited. I chose the best ones available independent of color as we're already playing every incolor dual land. Since we are playing for closing in the middle game (our strategy is shifted for normal commander games), we maximize use of our tokens by adding equipments into the mix.
The Beaters
- Blood Artist, pretty much standard in Edgar decks due to low cost
- Bloodcrazed Paladin, a possible boardwipe cinderella at best, a standard vampire at worst
- Bloodline Keeper , a lord and an engine in one card, this card transformed is a wincon
- Captivating Vampire, another wincon vampire, this lord lets you take control of other creatures (permanently!) and power them up...I wish there was another like it
- Drana, Liberator of Malakir, a conditional lord with evasion and first strike... not bad
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose, this card enables some synergies outlined in the previous section, and at a glance seems weak, however, it grows rather quickly in this deck
- Falkenrath Gorger, since we discard to pay costs, this allows us to pitch those cards into the field instead, and still get the Edgar effect
- Forerunner of the Legion, a tutor on a stick that is a vampire...what more could you ask for
- Gatekeeper of Malakir, optional removal and 2 bodies, yep
- Gifted Aetherborn, removal, lifegain, and decent body for cheap
- Guul Draz Assassin, a vampire deck staple, it serves as removal and as a mana sink.
- Indulgent Aristocrat, a sac outlet, and a cheap lord, this guy needs to be in every edgar deck
- Kalastria Highborn, An early mana sink to top off your turns and gain some life. Highly useful with sac outlets such as Aristocrat, or Skullclamp
- Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, this guy... Well, I don't need to break him down I think.
- Legion Lieutenant, the only 2CMC lord.
- Malakir Bloodwitch, is Exsanguinate on a stick. Recursing her alone could win you the game
- Oathsworn Vampire, a cheap sac vampire that recurses itself, Edgar approves
- Olivia Voldaren, as close to a second captivating vamp as we're going to get, she's not as good, but she'll do some hard work
- Olivia's Bloodsworn grants explicit vamps haste via a tax, which can be highly useful to close out games faster
- Rakish Heir, another lord, not as good as Drana, but close enough
- Shadow Alley Denizen, gives all your creatures evasion, this enables easier infinite combat phases, when paired with Sword of Feast and Famine and Aggravated Assault, it's a guaranteed win if not responded to
- Stromkirk Captain, an awesome lord that combos with other cards in the deck such as Reconnaissance
- Stromkirk Condemned, a booster that combos with Falkenrath Gorger
- Stromkirk Noble, cheap one drop that pumps himself, not terrible
- Twilight Prophet, in Edgar decks, it is very easy to Ascend. This guy is like Bob, but your opponents lose life instead of you
- Vampire Hexmage, lets you kill planes-walkers, or anything else that uses counters for that matter
- Vampire Nighthawk, Evasion, removal and lifegain on a decent body
- Viscera Seer, simply here as a tribal, cheap, sac outlet
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan, pumps itself when opponents board gets weaker AND has built in resilience...
As more vampires are printed I will keep updating this list, and it may ultimately morph into something else.
Tutors
- Forerunner of the Legion
- Enlightened Tutor
- Vampiric Tutor
- Cruel Tutor
- Demonic Tutor
- Diabolic Intent
- Grim Tutor
- Idyllic Tutor
- Imperial Seal
- Land Tax
Removal
- Gatekeeper of Malakir
- Guul Draz Assassin
- Anguished Unmaking
- Gifted Aetherborn
- Vampire Nighthawk
- Boros Charm
- Jokulhaups
- Damnation
- Vindicate
Rocks/Ramp
On top of playing some rocks, we play every off color fetch.
- Ancient Tomb
- Land Tax
- Lion's Eye Diamond
- Bontu's Monument
- Herald's Horn
- Mana Crypt
- Mana Vault
- Mox Diamond
- Sol Ring
- Phyrexian Altar
Lords and Power-ups
These cards will make our weenie army into a blood thirsty horde of vampires.
- Bloodline Keeper
- Captivating Vampire
- Drana, Liberator of Malakir
- Indulgent Aristocrat
- Legion Lieutenant
- Rakish Heir
- Stromkirk Captain
- Stromkirk Condemned
- Boros Charm
- Shared Animosity
- Skullclamp
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Edgar Markov
Recursion/Protection
Like any aggro deck, boardwipes can put us in a bad spot. Some of the equipments we run grant us protection, but some creatures will inevitably make their way to the graveyard. So in order to mitigate some of those effects, and to maximize Edgar's effect, we play the following:
Draw
The following cards are meant to give our hands some gas if we dumped everything into the field, to recover in case of boardwipes, etc.
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| Date added | 7 years |
| Last updated | 3 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 17 - 2 Mythic Rares 51 - 6 Rares 24 - 2 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.21 |
| Tokens | City's Blessing, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B |
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