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.)

Discussion (49)

LordBlackblade on Daddy Markov's Vampires

2 weeks ago

No problem! I'm glad to help. Edgar Markov is one of my favorite commanders!

Just a short list of cards that I find really do work in my list. Even better they are all three mana or less!

• Skymarcher Aspirant - An aggressive early game play that gains flying in the mid game

• Vicious Conquistador - Great value for a one drop. Essentially a swing-wide card

• Dusk Legion Zealot - Replaces itself when you play it. Two bodies and a new card for two mana!

• Throne of the God-Pharaoh - If you plane to swing out (you should) this card helps you go wide

• Chromatic Lantern - One of the very few three or greater mana rocks I ever run. Having it out makes mana fixing a non-issue

• Legion's Landing  ^Flip - Another great one drop with surprise mana ramp

• Shared Animosity - Often described as a one-side Coat of Arms . I cannot overstate how good this card is in our deck

• Stensia Masquerade - Rakish Heir plus first strike. Very good

• Vandalblast - I don't know about your meta, but mine has a veritable trove of artifacts. This can be a blowout when overloaded and can be use as a single target if need be

• Painful Truths - I love this card in B/x/x decks. Three mana for three cards and three life if you pay right is about as good as it gets in black

Last_Laugh on Vaaaaamps

1 month ago

Run Reconnaissance . This card allows you to attack with everyone safely (yes, even that 0/1, why not), untap each creature at the most opportune time for pseudo vigilance, and still deal combat damage in most situations.

Untaps to avoid bad blockers (obvious face value of the card), it untaps after first strike damage but before normal combat damage is dealt (great for getting +1+1 counters from Drana, Liberator of Malakir to your whole team and busted with Stromkirk Captain / Stensia Masquerade ), and it even untaps after normal combat damage is dealt due to the creature being an 'attacking' creature until the end of combat step ends (you untap in the middle of this step).

This combination of full tilt aggro with everyone available to block makes Sorin, Solemn Visitor 's +1 really good here (Note, 'until your next turn') and it more than offsets a few of my next suggestions.

As far as the decks inherent card draw weakness goes, consider Dark Prophecy , Greed , Herald's Horn , and Twilight Prophet . Protecting your board also prevents topdeck mode, consider Boros Charm and//or my favorite piece of secret tech here, Scapegoat . This gets around -1-1, exile, tuck, sacrifice, and -X-X type boardwipes while keeping our hand full and we get eminence triggers again. I'd rather sac a token and eat a personal evacuation than be in topdeck mode post boardwipe.

Anyways, feel free to check out my list for ideas, it's one of the top rated Edgar lists on the entire site. There's also over 130 comments worth of feedback and suggestions to sift through for ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks is appreciated. Edgar's Dega Vampires

GoldenAgeBatman on Dracu-Leeeee, Dracu-Laaaaa!

2 months ago

clayperce

Thank you for the feedback! I'm adding an extra mana and swapping out a Stensia Masquerade (Having one should be enough, anyways). I'll swap in a Cavern of Souls for the mana once I can afford it.

NuMetal on Vampire Commander Deck

3 months ago

Stuff I'd cut:
Duskborne Skymarcher - not enough impact
Erdwal Ripper - bad
Falkenrath Exterminator bad
Furyblade Vampire good for madness but not for this deck
Havengul Vampire not good enough
Kheru Bloodsucker bad
Licia, Sanguine Tribune only good as commander in a deck built around him. Here it's just bad for 8 mana
Nirkana Revenant not bad but not really that useful either since only about a thrid of your lands are swamps anyways
Voracious Vampire bad

Stuff I'd definitely add:
Anowon, the Ruin Sage
Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
Bloodthrone Vampire
Legion Lieutenant
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
Rakish Heir
Stromkirk Captain
Bloodflow Connoisseur
Butcher of Malakir
Shadow Alley Denizen
Twilight Prophet
Austere Command

Stuff I'd consider adding:
Bishop of Binding
Blood Tribute
Kalastria Highborn
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Legion's Landing  ^Flip
Mephidross Vampire
Olivia Voldaren
Olivia, Mobilized for War
Patron of the Vein
Stensia Masquerade
Urge to Feed
Vampire Aristocrat
Blood Bairn
Vampire Nocturnus
Blood Baron of Vizkopa
Bloodline Necromancer
Dark Impostor
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Falkenrath Aristocrat
Falkenrath Noble
Blood Artist
Sangromancer
Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
Hex

Details as for why I'd add certain cards and cut others I'll give you the next time we get to talk :)

Heliogabale on need upgrade suggestions for edgar ...

4 months ago

I am mostly recommanding you review your Enchantment selection.

• Reconnaissance
• Fanatical Devotion
• Necropotence
• Berserkers' Onslaught
• Stensia Masquerade

Feel free to grab inspiration from my build; comments are most welcome!

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hkhssweiss on Bloodbath

5 months ago

Hey TheErebos!

Alright so cards off the top of my head to definitely keep for the vampires.

• Adaptive Automaton
• Blood Artist
• Bloodcrazed Paladin
• Bloodghast
• Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• Captivating Vampire
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• Drana's Emissary
• Forerunner of the Legion
• Indulgent Aristocrat
• Kheru Mind-Eater
• Legion Lieutenant
• Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• Metallic Mimic
• Mirror Entity
• Pulse Tracker
• Rakish Heir
• Sadistic Hypnotist
• Sanctum Seeker
• Stromkirk Captain
• Stromkirk Occultist
• Twilight Prophet
• Vampire Hexmage
• Vicious Conquistador
• Viscera Seer
• Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Now moving on to the card types, for anthem/doubling/synergy token effects:

• Anointed Procession
• Cathars' Crusade
• Coat of Arms
• Door of Destinies
• Herald's Horn
• Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• Obelisk of Urd
• Radiant Destiny
• Shared Animosity
• Stensia Masquerade
• The Immortal Sun
• Urza's Incubator
• Vanquisher's Banner

Now going for the interaction suite:

• Anguished Unmaking
• Boros Charm
• Crackling Doom
• Faith's Reward
• Fire Covenant
• Path to Exile
• Swords to Plowshares
• Teferi's Protection
• Vandalblast
• Zealous Persecution

Now for card draw engines:

• Dark Confidant
• Erebos, God of the Dead
• Grim Haruspex
• Mentor of the Meek
• Mind's Eye
• Phyrexian Arena
• Skullclamp
• Slate of Ancestry
• Smothering Abomination
• Underworld Connections
• Vampiric Rites

No good deck is left without tutors as well:

• Demonic Tutor
• Enlightened Tutor
• Gamble
• Vampiric Tutor

So far those cards are to be considered, sort through the cards and we can refine them to a playable deck list. Add in 36 lands to start, I feel that eventually we can cut it down to 34-35 since Markov will run a low curve. The basic lands should be good along with the basic multicolor mana base like Command Tower, Reflecting Pool, Mana Confluence, Exotic Orchard, City of Brass, the shock lands (Godless Shrine, Blood Crypt, Sacred Foundry), and also the painlands for now (Battlefield Forge, Caves of Koilos, Sulfurous Springs).

Let me know when you update it!

Coding on Vamps on Vamps on Vamps

5 months ago

Nice deck but most have just an effect on themself. I would choose True Conviction over Mark of the Vampire And you might like Sanctum Seeker, Shared Animosity, Stensia Masquerade, Rakish Heir, Patron of the Vein, Necropolis Regent, Indulgent Aristocrat, Blade of the Bloodchief, Vein Drinker Argentum Armor is way too expensive and draws too much attention in my opinion.

Apollo_Paladin on Tibalt Madness

6 months ago

Some other suggestions:

MAIN DECK:

• Stensia Masquerade (since I see a couple vampires in there, possibly room to add more if you like the effect)
• Call to the Netherworld (awesome in a Madness deck)

• Falkenrath Gorger (again, along the same Vampire line as Masquerade above)

• Asylum Visitor (add some card draw potentially)

IF YOU RUN IT IN LEGACY INSTEAD OF MODERN:

• Putrid Imp (I'm in love with this card, even in decks other than Madness; unlimited manaless discard ability is seriously OP; with this in play you can just pay Madness costs on every spell - adding him would significantly change the value of quite a few cards should you concentrate on only paying Madness costs for no additional cost to discard.)

SIDEBOARD:

• Strength of Lunacy (again, not in Modern)