Vampire: The Dark Ages

Commander / EDH Aggro Aristocrats Lifegain RBW (Mardu) Tokens Vampires

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Creature (34)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
• 1x Bloodvial Purveyor
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Champion of Dusk
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Forerunner of the Legion
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1x Legion Lieutenant
• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Olivia's Bloodsworn
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Rakish Heir
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1x Vampire Socialite
• 1x Vicious Conquistador
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Welcoming Vampire
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Voldaren Estate

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Shared Animosity

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Commander 2017 Vampires upgraded.

This is my take on Edgar Markov. For the sake of speed it's mainly a black deck with a little white and red splash. The curve is kept to a minimum, curving around cmc 3. There are a ton of buff effects, so even a swing with 3 or 4 vamps can do some serious damage.

We're looking to establish a strong board presence and deal significant damage before the other decks can really get going. This is go-wide strategy looking to flood the board with small creatures until you reach a critical mass and then swing for lethal. The deck is fast and brutally efficient, able to take a decisive lead over the others within a couple of turns if you have a decent draw and left alone.

Since most death matters payoffs are vampires, we are running an aristocrat package subtheme, to profit on creatures dying. Cards like Blood Artist can deal huge amounts of damage over the course of a game while we just play our deck normally.

Just remember: don't play mardu like you're playing simic ignoring combat steps. If you have good board presence and your opponents are without blockers, keeping slow hands or just ramping, let your vamps taste some blood. If you're running out of cards and your opponents are running out of life it's allright. However, this is not a cEDH deck, and it's very unlikely for any aggro Commander to ever be a cEDH deck. This is a deck that can be competitive in a "75%" meta.

Card choices

Vampire Lords and Buff Effects: Captivating Vampire; Cordial Vampire; Indulgent Aristocrat; Drana, Liberator of Malakir; Bloodline Keeper; Legion Lieutenant; Stromkirk Captain; Rakish Heir; Patron of the Vein; Door of Destinies; Vanquisher's Banner; Sorin, Lord of Innistrad; Necropolis Regent; Heraldic Banner; Coat of Arms; Shared Animosity.

Card Advantage and Recursion: Blood Pact; Ambition's Cost; Vanquisher's Banner; Herald's Horn; Twilight Prophet; Necropotence; Welcoming Vampire; Underworld Connections; Vampiric Rites; Champion of Dusk.

Token Generators: Edgar Markov; Bloodline Keeper; Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet; Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle; Sorin, Lord of Innistrad.

Ramp / CMC reduction: Sol Ring; Herald's Horn; Chromatic Lantern; Black Market; Arcane Signet; Heraldic Banner; Chrome Mox.

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 7 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Lifegain 5 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.11
Tokens	Blood, City's Blessing, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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