Edgar Markov, Conquistador

Commander / EDH

littledj25

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Creature (25)

• 1x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Bishop of Rebirth
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodcrazed Paladin
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Duskborne Skymarcher
• 1x Falkenrath Gorger
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Pulse Tracker
• 1x Rakish Heir
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Stromkirk Noble
• 1x Vampire Cutthroat
• 1x Vicious Conquistador
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan

Instant (9)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Stensia Masquerade

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Artifact (7)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Mardu Banner
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

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DISCLAIMER: I am relatively new to EDH and have had very little interaction with MtG in general. I played about 15 years ago and not much since. The group I play with isn't super competitive.

This deck is all about making the best value from Edgar Markov.The mana curve for the creatures is kept on the low end to make immediate use of the emminence ability.The deck makes use of a few different spells to power up or protect the creatures; cards such as Boros Charm or Mass Hysteria , as well as Metallic Mimic and Stensia Masquerade .

This is a creature based deck and suffers to board wipes. The low curve for creatures helps mitigate this but Patriarch's Bidding can really help later in the game.

Edgar's colour identity allows multiple useful tutors to be included and while there are only 2 combos in the deck these allow a player to search for cards that can help in a given situation. The aim here is to maximise value from each turn and deal with threats as efficiently as possible.

The 2 combos both include Sanguine Bond . The first is Blood Tribute + Sanguine Bond , this combo will eliminate a single player providing the kicker cost is paid for Blood Tribute.The second combo is Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond + a damage source. This combo becomes infinite if a source you control deals damage to an opponent. If this combo goes uninterrupted it should eliminate all opponents.

The sub-theme for the deck is based on effects like Blood Artist. These can become a win condition later in the game when life totals get low but mainly act as a deterrent for opponents killing your creatures via board wipes. This means that anything with a similar effect will inevitably become a target for single target removal but this has the added benefit of protecting your other creatures from such removal spells.

This version of the deck is testing the new vampires released in Ixalan.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Blood Tribute + Sanguine Bond
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B