Ruling From the Shadows

Commander / EDH Mono-Black Theme/Gimmick Vampires

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Creature (38)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Champion of Dusk
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1x Legion Vanguard
• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1x Markov Baron
• 1x Master of Dark Rites
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Nullpriest of Oblivion
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Quag Vampires
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Stromkirk Condemned
• 1x Thirsting Bloodlord
• 1x Vampire Cutthroat
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (36)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x High Market
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 27x Swamp
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x War Room

Artifact (8)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Mirror of the Forebears
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Gate to Phyrexia
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Feast of Blood
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord

Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Creature (33)

• 1x Bishop of the Bloodstained
• 1x Bloodcrazed Paladin
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Callous Bloodmage
• 1x Crossway Troublemakers
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Drana, the Last Bloodchief
• 1x Falkenrath Forebear
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Guul Draz Overseer
• 1x Henrika Domnathi  ^Flip
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Kamber, the Plunderer
• 1x Mirri the Cursed
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Rodolf Duskbringer
• 1x Sanguine Spy
• 1x Sorin's Guide
• 1x Timothar, Baron of Bats
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Veinwitch Coven
• 1x Vengeant Vampire
• 1x Vermin Gorger
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Voldaren Bloodcaster  ^Flip

Artifact (15)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Glass-Cast Heart
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Konda's Banner
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skull of Ramos
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Instant (2)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Slaughter

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (7)

• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cabal Stronghold
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Tomb Fortress
• 1x Voldaren Estate
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Bad Moon
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Season of the Witch

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Disturbed Burial
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Minions' Murmurs
• 1x Olivia's Wrath
• 1x Pact of the Serpent
• 1x Victimize

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Thanks to Eminence, your commander can now help you without even being in play. Don't be frightened off by Edgar Markov's three coloured mana symbols, this deck's mono black through and through. So how do you play him...? You don't! Sit back and enjoy a buy-one-get-one-free for all of your vampires. You'll be able to easily overrun your confused opponent while he's just trying to assemble his mana base. Happy hunting!

Top Ranked	Achieved #50 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #35 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Black 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Tribal 5 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	9 months
Exclude colors	WURG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.62
Tokens	Eldrazi 10/10 C, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	EDH Inspiration, Tabletop Sim