Combo Edgar: Ruthless Bloodsuckers

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (30)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Forerunner of the Legion
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Legion Lieutenant
• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Instant (8)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Necropotence

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Hello all!

I've been attempting to brew more fun combo decks for casual ( not cEDH, but still combo centric). I entirely enjoy playing tribal in Commander, having my own zombie, soldier, and merfolk EDH decks.

However, I am having a hard time deciding what cards to remove. Take note, this deck does in clude some new cards from Rivals of Ixalan, which I have already preordered.

Here are the breakdowns for most of the cards:

Infinite(ish) Combos: Bloodline Necromancer + Flameshadow Conjuring + Phyrexian Altar : This combo works similar to the Bloodline Necromancer combos of Inalla, Archmage Ritualist , but require more work, and I wanted to work outside of blue, my normal haven for EDH. The combo works as such: Necromancer enters, triggering Conjuring. With Conjuring on the stack, sac Necromancer to Altar for 1 Red. Use the Red to pay for COnjuring's trigger, creating a token of Necromancer. The ETB of the token triggers, returning the original. When the original enters, it triggers Conjuring again. Rinse and repeat for a nigh-infinite number of hasty 3/2 lifelinkers.

Ashnod's Altar + Elenda, the Dusk Rose + Nim Deathmantle : This is the classic Nim Deathmantle/Ashnod's Altar combo, with the new Vampire legend from Rivals of Ixalan as our preferred combo piece. Sac Elenda to Altar for 2 colorless mana, which triggers her LTB ability and Deathmantle's ability. Resolve the LTB trigger to get your token(s), then sac one token to Altar for another 2 colorless mana. Use the 4 colorless mana to pay for Deathmantle's ability, which returns her to the battlefield attached to Deathmantle. Rinse and repeat for infinite tokens. With Purphoros, Impact Tremors, Goblin Bombardment, or Malakir Bloodwitch, you have all the damage/lifedrain you need.

Elenda, the Dusk Rose + Reveillark + Karmic Guide + Goblin Bombardment / Phyrexian Altar / Ashnod's Altar: This is the classic Reveillark/Karmic Guide combo, with Elenda as our combo piece. Sac Karmic Guide to our outlet, then sac Elenda. Elenda creates a token. Sac Reveillark to our outlet. Reveillark's LTB ability triggers, returning Elenda and Karmic Guide. Karmic Guide's ETB ability triggers, returning Reveillark. Rinse and repeat for infinite tokens, damage, mana, etc.

Non-Infinite Combos: Cloudstone Curio + Mana Echoes + Indulgent Aristocrat/Viscera Seer + Exsanguinate/Debt to the Deathless: By repeatedly casting and bouncing our 1-CMC creatures with Curio, we can generate a massive amount of mana and tokens with Edgar Markov's Eminence trigger and Mana Echoes. We can then attempt to Fireball the table with one of our kill spells.

Control Elements:

Blind Obedience

Teferi's Protection

Toxic Deluge

Grave Pact

Dictate of Erebos

Mana Acceleration:

Orzhov Signet

Boros Signet

Rakdos Signet

Chromatic Lantern

Mana Echoes

Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Crypt Ghast

Nirkana Revenant

Card Draw:

Skullclamp

Necropotence

Tutors:

Enlightened Tutor

Steelshaper's Gift

Stoneforge Mystic

Demonic Tutor

Vampiric Tutor

Gamble

Forerunner of the Legion

Sac Outlets:

Goblin Bombardment

Ashnod's Altar

Phyrexian Altar

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Recursion:

Patriarch's Bidding

Dread Return

Bloodline Necromancer

And a whole mess of Vampires for Edgar to create tokens for, cards to exploit the token production, graveyard hate, and more.

Please help me remove cards. I think this deck could be super fun, and not too oppressive. My playgroup is casually competitive, so very rarely are there super fast wins or infinite turns, but we do allow combos and shenanigans.

Also, if you have suggestions for additions, feel free to shout them out in the comments!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Ashnod's Altar + Elenda, the Dusk Rose + Nim Deathmantle Bloodline Necromancer + Flameshadow Conjuring + Phyrexian Altar
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	104
Avg. CMC	3.01
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B