Legality
| Format | Legality |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Heirloom | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Standard | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Frontier | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Unformat | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
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| Set | Rarity |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) | Uncommon |
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Stensia Masquerade
Enchantment
Attacking creatures you control have first strike.
Whenever a Vampire you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Madness (If you discard a card, you may cast this card for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)
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Stensia Masquerade Discussion
patv4343 on
Anything That Sucks Blood
1 week ago
Thinking about adding!!!
Bloodline Keeper
Flip
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
Falkenrath Marauders
Heliod, God of the Sun
Indulgent Aristocrat
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Metallic Mimic
Necropolis Regent
Olivia, Mobilized for War
Olivia Voldaren
Olivia's Bloodsworn
Vampire Nocturnus
Liliana Vess
Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
Sorin, Solemn Visitor
Shadowblood Ridge
Aggravated Assault
Anointed Procession
Call the Bloodline
Cathars' Crusade
Debtors' Knell
Exquisite Blood
Stensia Masquerade
Belbe's Portal
Stoneforge Masterwork
Whip of Erebos
Faith's Reward
Kolaghan's Command
Mortify
Terminate
Vampiric Fury
Vampiric Tutor
Day of Judgment
Dreadbore
Feast of Blood
Seize the Day
Ascendant Evincar
Balustrade Spy
Baron Sengir
Blood Host
Bloodbond Vampire
Bloodflow Connoisseur
Bloodmad Vampire
Crovax the Cursed
Erdwal Ripper
Falkenrath Marauders
Gatekeeper of Malakir
Guul Draz Overseer
Havengul Vampire
Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
Markov Dreadknight
Nirkana Revenant
Stromkirk Occultist
Stromkirk Patrol
Thief of Blood
Urge to Feed
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Voldaren Pariah
I'm going for building up vampires with +1/+1 counters!!
Zerraphon on
Edgar Markov: Dark Ambitions
1 week ago
I think an instant improvement for the deck would be to remove Skullclamp and replace it with Sword of the Animist, It'll ramp you up and help thin out your deck far better than a skullclamp would do. But thats just experience. also a great card, one of my favorite vampires EVER is not here, and think he's so underrated Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Oh lord, he's just marveous, especially if you have Rakish Heir or Stensia Masquerade out or even a Necropolis Regent out removal at instant speed, and allows you to get rid of that pesky indestructible, Also i've found Falkenrath Aristocrat to be rather fabulous, with ANY kind of 1/1 counters mechanic you have (the ones i listed) She'll avoid most board wipes and is really resilient! Although you dont have a human to sac for the 1/1 a 4/1 indestructible flyer is still pretty darn good in my opinion. I hope this helps! Im trying to tune out my deck and see which vampires I like, and which i should switch out, currently for me my eyes are on Kheru Mind-Eater Bloodhusk Ritualist and Falkenrath Noble I havent seen much use from these guys so i may just switch them out for more control cards. I hope this helps!!!
Frank_Glascock on
Interview with the Vampire
2 weeks ago
Are you playing this deck against the other 2017 Commander decks? How has the deck fared?
I count 15 one to two drop Vampires. I count five artifacts/enchantments, Anointed Procession, Eldrazi Monument, reconaissance, Shared Animosity and Stensia Masquerade plus Sorin, Lord of Innistrad that can boost your team. Have you found flooding the board with these low cost vampires to be successful? What is the weakest of these artifacts and/or enchantments? Cathars' Crusade has been a popular enchantment for this strategy. Has it ever been in the deck?
Have you given any thought to Purphoros, God of the Forge?
You are playing the best two black tutors. Have you given any consideration to playing Diabolic Intent? How about Enlightened Tutor?
NV_1980 on
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Post Ixalan)
2 weeks ago
Love this; +1!. I'm going to copy most of this for my own vampire-tribe deck. I'd personally add Stensia Masquerade and maybe Vault of the Archangel.
McDeity on
2 weeks ago
I'm doing this from my phone, so please pardon any parsing errors.
A few things jump out at me immediately when skimming your list. One: You're not running nearly enough dudes to really capitalize on Edgar's abilities. Two: Your Black count is dangerously low.
Edgar's token ability procs with each vampire you cast, so you'll want to add in a substantial number more critters to ensure that your average draw value is maxed. His secondary ability of growing his squad also pushes this incentive even further. I'd be aiming to have close to 50 blood-suckers running around in your deck somewhere to truly keep the warmachine rolling.
The second point centers mostly around the card Vampire Nocturnus. The card is an animal, and absolutely worth building around. Yes, he isn't a legend so you won't have him every game, but with even a moderate field he can pack a potent punch. To earn this reward though requires you warping your card pool a bit to make certain that he reaches his formidable potential consistently. If there's a card or effect that you run that doesn't have a black symbol, try looking for a substitute card that might be close enough and does contain a black casting cost. Currently, 63 of the 99 cards in your deck are whiffs, so he's online just over once every three turns.
A few card notes:
Blood Artist is a good card, and while it synergizes with Edgar's tokens as a pseudo Goblin Bombardment, I believe that he's better in an Olivia Voldaren-style deck that utilizes sac outlets more freely and effectively. Don't feel bad to run him, but the roster spot could be spent on something else.
Similarly, Bloodthrone Vampire is better in Olivia as well, though I approve of keeping some sac-outlets in the list. I'd suggest Viscera Seer as an alternate, as scry is typically superior to a buff when pitching creatures (usually in response to a board clear).
Falkenrath Gorger, Olivia, Mobilized for War, Stromkirk Condemned, and Stensia Masquerade: I've lumped these all together, as they mostly play along the same lines.
The Gorger is just a Savannah Lions in a cape enough of the time that I don't believe he merits inclusion. He improves some if you really work to get a madness theme going, but I think the dropoff in overall card quality to meet that goal isn't worth it. If you're hellbent on running him, then I'd possibly look at Sire Of Insanity and Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace to bolster the rest of the discard outlets. Also, you just don't have enough vampires in the deck to take advantage of the free madness reliably anyways.
Olivia, Mobilized for War is pretty mediocre when not paired with Falkenrath Gorger or Oversold Cemetery. Your general already has haste, and there aren't many other vampires that I'd consider powerful enough with haste to discard for. Maybe Necropolis Regent or the specter-style vampires. Her ability to make creatures into vamps is irrelevant in your deck, and the +1/+1 bonus isn't anything too exciting. I'd cut her for something else.
Stromkirk Condemned: pretty much everything I said about Olivia applies here, though he at least is better with the tokens that Edgar makes.
Stensia Masquerade: it's neat that this has madness and the effects aren't terrible, but the enchantment suffers from not being black, and by being largely outclassed by cards like Cathars' Crusade. At the end of the day, the counters from this are too slow to make the cut.
Speaking of slow, playing Guul Draz Assassin is just asking for sadness. Level Up is one of the most feel-bad mechanics when things go wrong. Finally investing enough in your guy, only to have him Swords'ed in response is quite deflating.
Mathas, Fiend Seeker is too group-huggy for my tastes. Assuming that you play multiplayer, letting two or more opponents draw while you draw one is card disadvantage. View the table as one large, cohesive enemy, and not several smaller ones.
Mirri the Cursed is sweet, but overall not very strong. Most opponents won't block unless they can kill her. Running some additonal sabateur effects (other than Necropolis Regent and Rakish Heir) such as Larceny or Pain Magnification would help, but still probably not enough. That said, she is a cat vampire, so that's worth something.
Shadow Alley Denizen is pretty small-game. Intimidate isn't particularly strong with multicolor creatures, and even on the monoblack ones it's still not worth running. A good number of your monsters already fly, which is a better form of evasion.
Stromkirk Noble and Vampire Lacerator are just too low impact to run. They don't do anything besides attack, and topdecking one of them in the late game is nauseatingly painful. The noble suffers from being non-black as well.
Cathartic Reunion and Tormenting Voice would likely be better as actual draw spells than rummaging spells. I know they work with madness and the Cemetery, but I like things that net you cards a lot more. If you wanted, Kheru Mind-Eater and Fiend of the Shadows are tribal means of getting ahead on cards, and both black (even if they aren't great cards otherwise).
Cover of Darkness: fear is better than intimidate, but this still isn't impactful enough to run.
Necropotence is one of the most busted cards ever printed in Magic, and in Commander is a complete trap. The downsides are too steep in a multiplayer format, and only a handful of decks are set up to wield it properly. Look elsewhere for advantage. Look at your mana base and the casting cost while you're at it too.
I don't see the reason for running Expedition Map- is there an interaction I missed?
Boros Charm, Teferi's Protection, and Rootborn Defenses: These cards are all reasonable, but may be superfluous. One of Edgar's strengths is being able to churn out an army quickly, and doesn't even need to be in play to do so. It gives you a small hedge against Wrath effects; nobody at the table should be able to recover as well as you do. The rhetoric against non-black cards applies here as well. You know your meta better, so it might be right to play them, but if you really need the protection then Eldrazi Monument or Avacyn, Angel of Hope might do the job better.
Swords to Plowshares is the single greatest spot-removal spell in the format, so I'm never going to tell someone that it's wrong to play it. However, it might not be the "most right" to play it here either. It being white is a powerful strike against it, and revealing it to your opponents doesn't feel great either. You're sitting on 14 pieces of removal at the moment, which leans on the high end. Again, it could be a good meta call, but even if that number is what you want, perhaps some upgrades could be found. A black instant perhaps, such as Terminate or Silence the Believers; Vindicate as another means to deal with enchantments; or vampires that kill: Shauku, Endbringer, Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Dark Impostor, or Olivia Voldaren count. So would Butcher of Malakir in some circumstances, Gatekeeper of Malakir in others, and Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet. There are a lot of vampires that kill things dead, so maybe start there for your removal, and cut the Swords and Path to Exile.
I like mana rocks as much as the next man, but your curve is fairly low, and their colorless identity is less than stellar. Perhaps trim down to the best five, and go from there?
On the subject of mana, your mana base needs an overhaul. I know this is like the Magic version of being told to eat your vegetables, but it's so true: if you're going to spend money anywhere in your deck, start with the lands. I understand ABUs (Badlands etc) aren't in everyone's budget, but at least pick up the fetch lands (e.g. Marsh Flats) and the filters (Graven Cairns). You probably don't need any Red/White duals, but the ones that produce black will prove invaluable. If you discover that you hate paying vampires or something like that, you'll always be able to play the lands in a different deck. They aren't flashy, but they are the most important part of Commander.
Well, that's about all I have for you at first blush. If you want a list to cross-examine, I've been playing vampires since Worldwake and converted my Olivia list into Edgar when he was first spoiled. Here's the link if you'd like: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/formerly-olivia/
Feel free to send me an ask if you have any questions, I usually respond within a week. God bless, and good luck out there. McDeity.
umtebink on
Interview with the Vampire
3 weeks ago
@Shadowsteel Not particularly, there are Voldaren Pariah Flip and Stensia Masquerade just because they are good cards here, but there is no really expectation of being able to discard them on the regular. I want to brew another more aggressive build as well that plays into madness and uses more of the discard mechanics available to vampires, as well as Wheel of Fortune and Yawgmoth's Will to refill.
Yen24 on
Edgar Markov and the vein drainers
3 weeks ago
Harsh Mercy / Terminate / Unlicensed Disintegration / Sorin, Solemn Visitor / Sorin, Grim Nemesis / Sign in Blood / Night's Whisper / Path to Exile / Reanimate / Adaptive Automaton / Bad Moon / Deathbringer Liege / Marshaling Cry / Weathered Wayfarer / Dark Tutelage / Painful Truths / Konda's Banner / Vampire Hexmage / Fatal Push / Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter / Defiant Bloodlord / Chancellor of the Dross / Thief of Blood / Battlefield Forge / Caves of Koilos / Sulfurous Springs / Mana Confluence / City of Brass / Olivia, Mobilized for War / Nirkana Revenant / Necropolis Regent / Mephidross Vampire / Guul Draz Overseer / Voldaren Pariah / Fiend of the Shadows / Batterskull / Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet / Bloodline Keeper Flip / Yahenni, Undying Partisan / Stensia Masquerade / Kheru Bloodsucker / Drana, Liberator of Malakir / Victim of Night / Stromkirk Condemned / Gatekeeper of Malakir / Bloodghast / Asylum Visitor / Insolent Neonate / Indulgent Aristocrat / Guul Draz Assassin / Falkenrath Gorger / Cover of Darkness / Shared Triumph / Roar of the Crowd / Patriarch's Bidding / Kindred Charge / Kindred Dominance