Edgar Markov - Blood on the Table [EDH]

Commander / EDH Midrange Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Tokens

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Creature (32)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Forerunner of the Legion
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Legion Lieutenant
• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Nullpriest of Oblivion
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Despark
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Greed
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Demonic Tutor

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Cemetery Gatekeeper
• 1x Falkenrath Pit Fighter
• 1x Midnight Arsonist
• 1x Olivia, Crimson Bride
• 1x Sanguine Spy
• 1x Vampire Socialite
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Welcoming Vampire

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Land (1)

• 1x Voldaren Estate

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Olivia's Wrath

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Maybeboard

Creature (23)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Bishop of Rebirth
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Crossway Troublemakers
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Immersturm Predator
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 1x Mephidross Vampire
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Necropolis Regent
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Olivia's Bloodsworn
• 1x Pitiless Pontiff
• 1x Rakish Heir
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Veinwitch Coven

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Instant (2)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Village Rites

Land (1)

• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Fervor
• 1x In the Web of War
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Stensia Masquerade

Artifact (8)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Idol of Oblivion
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Whip of Erebos

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Blood on the Table with Edgar Markov

A Vampire's Story - Introduction

Welcome to the description of my first deck ever!
Its core is based on the 2017 vampire tribe commander deck "Vampiric Bloodlust".
Edgar Markov has several advantages you could catch on and build a deck arround. For my first try, I decided to go for a full vampire tribal deck.

The main deck contains the 100 cards which represent the deck.
In the sideboard, there are cards which needs to be evaluated and tested. For example cards from new sets, or mentioned cards from the comment section bellow will be listed here.
Finally, the maybeboard is a place for all the cards which nearly made it, but felt short and had to get cut in the end. Some of them will even be mentioned in the 'Reserve Army - Maybeboard and Honorable Mentions' section.

Plan of Battle - Main Strategy

In the history of EDH, there was barely an opportunity, to play the aggro game in a reasonable way. With Edgar Markov as our commander, that is no longer the case and playing the aggro game is a valid shot to win casual friday night and kitchentable games of magic.

However I decided to don't go full aggro. I like a midrange approach way more. Be aware, that this is not Edgar Markov's full potential.
If you want to go all out and play him the most strongest and efficient way possible, you should exchange a lot of the 4 mana and upwards cards with mana wise cheap vampires. This way, you can swarm the enemy way better and much more consistent then with my current list.
Now that we are on the same page... you are still here? Good. Perfect! Then let's get right into my Gameplan!

The strategy of this deck is really straight forward.
Basically, we try to flood the board with vampires and tokens, like Bloodline Keeper  , Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet.
We keep buffing them with lord- and anthem-effects like Lord of Lineage   and Vampire Nocturnus.
With such a quickly growing army of bloodsuckers, we can catch our opponents more often than once by suprise.
To round things out, we got some removal options like Anguished Unmaking and Austere Command, some protection with Teferi's Protection and some massive card draw and ramp opportunitys with Necropotence, Smothering Tithe & Bolas's Citadel, in order to survive untill we can get to the point to win the match.

We have to be careful though, when we are about to start making enemies. If too many people concentrate on focusing us, they can easily take us down. Especially many board wipes and single targeted removal on our vampire lords can really hurt us.
In order to avoid such situations, we should try to pick only one enemy a time. Let us try to take one opponent down, and after that, we pick another one.
This way, we avoid getting too much hate of the whole table at once. So, if we manage to go the full distance, create a giant board or pull off a strong Combo, we still going to attack everyone for sure.
But until we make it there, we should try to stick to the shadows as much as we can, like a true vampire.
That's easier said than done though, because we also have to get a feeling for the time we have to turn against the whole table and swing all out with our army.
It may take some games, before we get the grip on it, but it can be so satisfying, when we take down even multiple opponents all with one big attack.

With that being said and out of the way, let's jump right into the different categories of this deck!

Raise an Army - Create Tokens

The most important plan is to raise an army of vampires under Edgar's leadership. To do this, we want some token generators beside our normal vampires, because that's the best way to create a huge board filled up with creatures.

Edgar Markov

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• Thanks to Edgar Markov's eminence ability, there is a token generator which will always be online, even if he's just relaxing in our command zone.
• Our opponents can't do anything about it, even if they destroy Edgar Markov and send him back to the command zone, he will be still active, waiting to create more and more vampires.
• One thing to keep in mind is the number of vampire creatures in the deck, since Edgar Markov's eminence ability only triggers if we cast them as regular spells from our hand.
• That's also the reason, we pursuing the tribe theme in our deck.
• So, we should make sure we always have vampires in our hand, to keep our vampire army growing.

Bloodline Keeper   /   Lord of Lineage  

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• Bloodline Keeper   is another great vampire, which will support our main goal of creating a flood of bloodsuckers.
• Most of the time we won't attack with Bloodline Keeper  , but rather tap him to use his ability and create more vampires, at least until we can transform him.
• If Lord of Lineage   is already transformed, we probably still will use his ability to create even more vampires over attacking.
• Because Bloodline Keeper  's ability to create more and more tokens out of nowhere is so powerful, we should try to avoid attacking with him unless we are certain he will survive the combat phase nontheless.

Elenda, the Dusk Rose

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• The most dangerous thing that could happen to our army of vampires and tokens are board wipes.
• When Elenda, the Dusk Rose is destroyed and enter the graveyard, she will create 1/1 vampire tokens with lifelink, equal to the power she had, when she was destroyed.
• Because of this, our opponents have to be carefull with their board wipes and overthinking twice if they want to drop the bomb, as long as Elenda, the Dusk Rose is on the battlefield.
• Another thing to keep in mind is, that the amount of tokens depends on Elenda, the Dusk Rose's power, not on the amount of +1/+1 counters on her.
• Buffing Elenda, the Dusk Rose with other effects and equipments besides the +1/+1 counters, will also result in more tokens.
• Obviously, we can only use Elenda, the Dusk Rose once to create tokens, so if we have opportunitys to get creatures back from the graveyard, we should try to get her instead of other options if possible.
• Elenda, the Dusk Rose is also a great target to sacrifice to an effect of our choice, if we have the right set-ip for the tokens who will enter the battlefield.
• If a board wipe is about to happen and Elenda, the Dusk Rose is on the battlefield, we should try to sacrifice everything but her in response to make her as big as possible and when the board wipe resolves, we might be the only one with something left, in this case, a giant vampire token army.

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

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• An army of vampires will (hopefully) cause many enemy creatures to die, which is the reason why Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet is the next great token generator for this deck.
• We should be aware, that Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet creates zombie tokens instead of vampires.
• Because of that, we aim to junk block with zombie tokens instead of vampires if possible, since only the vampires get all the fancy tribe buffs and advantages.
• If we are going to sacrifice creatures for whatever reason, we should preferably sacrifice zombie creatures because of the reasons mentioned above.
• The effect of Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet to creat Tokens is also passive, we won't have to tap him to trigger it.
• Of course enemy creatures will have to die in order to trigger it, but since it's commander (aka EDH), there will be dying creatures somewhere, for sure.
• Since we don't have to tap Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, we can obviously use him to attack our opponents, but let's keep in mind it might be worth it to don't do that, if there's a chance we might lose him by doing so.

Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle

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• Weaker than the most other token generator in this category, but still worth the deckslot, is Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle.
• Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle allows us to summon another vampire token with lifelink in each of our battle phases.
• However the token won't be able to attack in that battle phase immediately, which makes it less efficient and requires more strategy to unleash it's full potential.
• For example it may be useful for junk blocking, if we used most of our creatures for attacking, especially if we wanted to trigger Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle's effect.
• We can also use the token for some sacrifice effects, if needed.
• The most important thing about Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle is its condition, which only triggers if non token vampires of us are attacking.
• Since we might control a lot of tokens in general, let's don't forget to also attack with at least one normal vampire creature, to trigger Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle.
• Following this, we may also want to attack with Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle itself, if we can't trigger its own effect otherwise.

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

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• The best way to create even more vampire tokens out of a planeswalker is Sorin, Lord of Innistrad.
• We want to make sure to use Sorin, Lord of Innistrad's first ability as often as possible, since the tokens will also have lifelink on them, which makes it even more anyoing, to get ride of all of them.
• As of all planeswalkers, we will also have to be careful with Sorin, Lord of Innistrad by choosing which ability we want to use each turn, because the other ones are strong and effective, too.
• Since Sorin, Lord of Innistrad is the only planeswalker, which can create tokens as a plus loyalty ability, we may want to make sure to protect him as long as possible, because he may be the strongest out of the three in this deck.

Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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• Sorin, Solemn Visitor is notably the only planeswalker in this deck, which create 2/2 vampire tokens instead of 1/1's.
• We have to be careful with his ability to create tokens, since it's a minus loyalty ability and we don't want Sorin, Solemn Visitor to bit the dust.
• The tokens Sorin, Solemn Visitor creates don't have lifelink (we might want to check out his first loyalty ability for this one), but they do have flying, which gives them some really good evasion.
• We just have to be careful when to use which of his abilities, since we want to make sure Sorin, Solemn Visitor sticks arround on the table as long as possible.

Sharpen the Fangs - Buffing Creatures

Just creating an army of Vampires isn't enough though. Since the evil never sleeps, we will have to make our bloodsuckers even stronger, through addiional effects.

Edgar Markov

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• Besides Edgar Markov's eminence ability, we also want him on the battlefield, leading all of our vampires into battle.
• As soon as Edgar Markov attacks, all our vampires get a +1/+1 counter which pumps them up.
• Obviously, the more vampires we have on the field, the more +1/+1 counters will be distributed and the more value we will get out of Edgar Markov screaming 'attack'.
• The trigger is as soon as we declared all attacks (includign Edgar Markov of course), so we should make sure to put the counters on all vampires, before anything else happens.
• Notably, all of our vampires get +1/+1, even those who don't attack.
• We always want to attack with Edgar Markov, in order to keep our army growing in strength, but we have to be careful, because we don't want him to die under any circumstances.

Bloodline Keeper   /   Lord of Lineage  

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• We get Lord of Lineage   by transforming it's former form Bloodline Keeper  , if we have enough vampires on the battlefield which, let's be honest, shouldn't be a challenge witht his deck at all.
• All our vampires will get a +2/+2 buff, as long as Lord of Lineage   is on our field.
• We should notice, that this is a static buff, not some +1/+1 counters, so we should be careful not to mix them up.
• In order to transform Bloodline Keeper   and to met the requirements, he can create more vampires just by himself, too.
• Because the buff is quite huge and can get our army ready to take on even the biggest dragons within a blink of an eye, we want to make sure Lord of Lineage   stays as long on the battlefield as possible.

Captivating Vampire

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• Regarding his ability to buff our army, Captivating Vampire is quite an ordinary vampire lord.
• Captivating Vampire simply buffs all of our vampires by +1/+1.
• Like with some other buffs, we should notice the static nature of Captivating Vampire's buff, so we don't mix it up with some +1/+1 counters.
• Luckily, Captivating Vampire's buff pumps all of our vampires, no matter if they are casted or generated, so our tokens love it, too.

Cordial Vampire

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• Cordial Vampire has great potential to pump our whole board in an explosive way.
• Whenever any creature dies, Cordial Vampire will give each of our vampires a +1/+1 counter.
• As already stated, don't mix the +1/+1 counters from Cordial Vampire up with static buffs, since it might be important for specific rules or interactions.
• Cordial Vampire's buff counts for all vampires, no matter if they are real creatures or tokens, so let's keep the whole army growing.

Drana, Liberator of Malakir

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• Getting Drana, Liberator of Malakir's buff takes a little effort, because she have to actively deal combat damage to an opponent.
• We not only have to attack with Drana, Liberator of Malakir, she also have to get through and deal the damage to our opponent. The fact that she has flying is helpful though.
• We have to be aware, that only those creatures will be buffed, which attacked themselves. In order to buff as many creatures as possible, we will have to attack with as many creatures as possible.
• As mentioned multiple times already, we have to make sure to seperate static buffs from those effects like Drana, Liberator of Malakir's, because she gives creatures +1/+1 counters.
• We should also be aware, that the +1/+1 counters won't impact the damage which was dealed in the earlier combat phase. The buff will trigger after the damage was done and won't change it afterwards.

Indulgent Aristocrat

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• Another great creature to pump all of our vampires is Indulgent Aristocrat.
• We have to pay two mana and sacrifice a creature to put a +1/+1 counter on all of our vampires.
• Most of the time, there will be some tokens which can be sacrificed for Indulgent Aristocrat's buff.
• We should be aware, that the buff puts +1/+1 counters on all of our vampires and don't mix it up with other potential buffs.

Legion Lieutenant

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• Legion Lieutenant has just a simple lord effect, pumping all of our vampires by +1/+1.
• Since he only costs two mana and has 2/2 himself, he is easy to cast and a nice additional buff to our board.
• We should keep in mind, that he gives +1/+1 as a buff, not as counters.
• The token, which will enter the battlefield because of Edgar Markov's eminence ability, will instantly be a 2/2 vampire because of Legion Lieutenant's buff.

Mirror Entity

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• Mirror Entity is a Shapeshifter with the Changling ability, which means he's also a vampire and therefore Edgar Markov's ability will trigger for him on cast.
• It's effect is why we play it though, because we can pump any amount of generic mana into it, to make all our creatures have all creature types and base power and toughness x/x.
• It's worth mentioning, that it's effect only changes base power and toughness. If our creatures get buffs or have +1/+1 counters, they will get that on top!
• We have to be careful, since we can also shrink our stronger vampires with this effect. If we control Edgar Markov for example and we use Mirror Entity's effect for 3, we shrink Edgar Markov to have a base stat line of 3/3.
• To make sure we only use Mirror Entity's ability to it's full potential, there are three possible scenarios: 1) when we have a lot of small vampires which all will get buffed by it, 2) if we have enough mana, to overcome even our strongest vampires by the numbers, or 3) if we are able to deal more damage if we take shrinking some of our vampires into account.
• What's also important to keep in mind is, that the effect lasts until the end of the current turn. This could by our own or the turn of an opponent. But no matter whos turn it is, at the end of it, the effect falls of and all our creatures will have their normal base power and toughness again.
• Sometimes, we might even be able to trick our opponents with Mirror Entity. They might have forgotten about it and we can buff our team after blockers have been declared to slay some spicy creatures or even take out a careless opponent. Or we could buff our whole team, if someone decides to swing at us and trys to take us out. With the ability to buff our full board in an instant, our opponents have to think twice before blindly attacking us.
• The last point for this card seems not this important, since we are in the color combination Mardu and it won't happen often because of that: it's a mana sink. Usually, we won't have any issues with to much mana and to less things to spend it on. But if the situation ever comes up, where we don't draw any good cards to develop our board, we can at least use the mana for Mirror Entity's ability to our advantage.

Patron of the Vein

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• Patron of the Vein pumps all of our vampires with a +1/+1 counter for each enemy creature which dies while Patron of the Vein is on the battlefield.
• This effect can be incredible powerful, because it makes our opponents choice of blocking way harder, since they might pump our team even further, when creatures of them die because of blocking.
• Let's keep in mind that Patron of the Vein puts +1/+1 counters on our vampires, which will stay, even if Patron of the Vein dies.
• One last thing to keep in mind, the buff only goes on our vampires, not on other creatures.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

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• Purphoros, God of the Forge is a bit different then our most other buffs.
• By paying 3 mana (one of them has to be red), all our creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
• This ability can be used offensively as well as deffensively, if an opponent attacks us and we need to destroy some of it's creatures.
• We have to be aware, that Purphoros, God of the Forge's ability can be stacked up and used multiple times at once, to increase the stats of our creatures by +X/+0, where X multiplied by 3 is the amount of mana we are willed to pay.
• We still have to be careful, since the buff only increases the power of our creatures, not their toughness, so they might still die if they don't have Firststrike or any form of protection.
• We don't play Purphoros, God of the Forge because of his ability to buff creatures, but it's a nice added benefit if we are flooded and have nothing to do with all our mana.
• One last thing to note is that Purphoros, God of the Forge is indestructible and maybe for the most time not even a cretaure but just an enchantment, so it will be really hard to get rid of for our opponents.

Stromkirk Captain

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Vampire Nocturnus

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Eldrazi Monument

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Vanquisher's Banner

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Etchings of the Chosen

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Shared Animosity

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Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

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Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Vault of the Archangel

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Wooden Stake assassination - Removal

If our enemys are able to summon stronger creatures then us, we will need have some tools to deal with them. Because we are playing Commander, we probably also want to remove some enchantments, artifacts or Planeswalkers.

Single Target Removal Effects

Dark Impostor

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Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

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Olivia Voldaren

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Patron of the Vein

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Vona, Butcher of Magan

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Anguished Unmaking

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Chaos Warp

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Despark

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Generous Gift

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Path to Exile

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Swords to Plowshares

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Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

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Board Wipes Effects

Austere Command

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Vanish into Shadows - Protection

Some of our vampires are really powerfull, which is why we don't want them to leave the battlefield too fast. That's why we run at least a few cards to protect and save them from pesty single target or board wipe removal.

Eldrazi Monument

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Etchings of the Chosen

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Teferi's Protection

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• With Teferi's Protection we will completly phase out and nobody can do any harm to us untill our next turn.
• Our life total can't be changed, we have protection from everything and all of our permanent cards will be phased out to save us from litteraly everything.
• We have to make sure we don't have to do anything else after casting this spell, or at least placing it on top of Teferi's Protection on the stack, because otherwise, we won't be able to cast anything, since our lands are phased out, too.
• We want to keep this card for as long as possible, because it is the kind of game changer card which can guarantee us a win.
• If we got Teferi's Protection, let's keep the mana open if possible, just threatening playing it may make our opponents scratch their head.

Bloodmagic - Utility

For the most time, vampires got a lot of (dirty) tricks up in their sleeves. The same goes for the cards in our sleeves, too.

Captivating Vampire

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Dark Impostor

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Gifted Aetherborn

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Nighthawk Scavenger

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Olivia Voldaren

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Vampire Nighthawk

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Vampire of the Dire Moon

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Yahenni, Undying Partisan

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Anointed Procession

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• Instead of creating tokens on it's own, Anointed Procession doubles the amount of all the tokens created.
• Since Edgar Markovs eminence will always trigger as soon as another vampire creature from our hand enters the battlefield, Anointed Procession will also double the amount of tokens, created by the eminence ability.
• This way, we won't need any other token generating card on the field and Anointed Procession is immediately powerful, just because of the ability of our commander.
• Anyway, Anointed Procession gets stronger with each other token generating card on the board, which is the reason why we may want to use them together for snyergy and the most value.

Cover of Darkness

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Reconnaissance

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Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

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Cavern of Souls

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Suck out enemys - Drain and Gain Life

Like a true vampire, we can also gain life by drain some out of our opponents. This may be an alternative win condition, if building our army of undead flying vampires goes wrong. Even if that won't work, at least we will be able to stay alive for longer.

Blood Artist

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Cruel Celebrant

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Malakir Bloodwitch

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Purphoros, God of the Forge

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Sanctum Seeker

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Twilight Prophet

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Bolas's Citadel

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Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Illusionary Seduction - Disturbance

In case we can't get our army up fast enough, we will also need some abilities to disturbance and slow down our opponents.

Erebos, God of the Dead

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Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

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Patron of the Vein

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Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Bojuka Bog

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Ongoing Onslaught - Card Draw, Card Advantage & Card Selection

In order to be able to refill our hand with new stuff and make sure we won't run out of gas, we will need some card draw, card advantage and a little bit card selection. This includes raw card draw aswell as scry, tutors and other deck manipulating cards. Bring back creatures from our graveyard to our hand or even to the battlefield will also be part of this section.

Card Draw

Erebos, God of the Dead

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Species Specialist

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Twilight Prophet

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Herald's Horn

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Sensei's Divining Top

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Skullclamp

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Vanquisher's Banner

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Greed

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Necropotence

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Scry

Bolas's Citadel

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Sensei's Divining Top

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Path of Ancestry

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Tutor

Forerunner of the Legion

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Vampiric Tutor

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Demonic Tutor

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Bring Creatures back from the Graveyard

Nullpriest of Oblivion

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Phyrexian Reclamation

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Volrath's Stronghold

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Open Coffins - Ramp & Cheating Mana Costs

To be able to cast all those vampires and effects, we need some ramp in the deck aswell.

Ramp

Arcane Signet

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Boros Signet

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Herald's Horn

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Orzhov Signet

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Rakdos Signet

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Sol Ring

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Smothering Tithe

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Cheating Mana Costs

Bolas's Citadel

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Reserve Army - Maybeboard and Honorable Mentions

Finally, a few notes about some maybecards and honourable mentions, which could be worth looking into. I might also list some budget options here in the future.

Bishop of Rebirth

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Bloodlord of Vaasgoth

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• Bloodlord of Vaasgoth is one of the more difficult buffs for our army, since he doesn't just give our vampires more strength, but he gives us an opportunity to do so.
• When Bloodlord of Vaasgoth is on the battlefield, all other vampires we cast may enter the battlefield with 3 additionally +1/+1 counters on them.
• In order to trigger the 3 +1/+1 counters, an opponent had to be dealed damage this turn which means we probably going to cast our vampires in our second main, after the battle phase, unless we can trigger the damage in a different way (e.g. Blood Artist).
• We have to be careful, this effect only counts for the vampires we cast, so all generated tokens won't profite from Bloodlord of Vaasgoth at all.
• Bloodlord of Vaasgoth himself has the 'Bloodthirst 3' on his own, so he can come in with 3 more strength and toughness, too.

Bloodtracker

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Butcher of Malakir

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Kalastria Highborn

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Mathas, Fiend Seeker

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Boros Charm

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• Boros Charm will safe our creatures from many boardwipes which say "destroy all creatures", since our creatures will have indestructible, which means they don't give a bloody kiss about getting destroyed.
• Usually, out of all modes Boros Charm has to offer, we want to use it for the indestructible part, because it will have the biggest impact, since we concentrate on having as many creatures on the field as possible.
• We should make sure to have the needed mana ready if we have strong creatures on the field we want to protect, because we will cast Boros Charm with instant speed and only if it's really necessary.
• Boros Charm will save our creatures from the most boardwipes, but we should be aware it won't stop the heavy hitters. Since we play the edh-format, cards like Cyclonic Rift and Merciless Eviction are a thing we have to be aware of.

Diabolic Intent

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Kindred Charge

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• One of the possible win conditions in this Deck is Kindred Charge.
• By playing Kindred Charge, we doubling all of our creatures on the board and give the copy Tokens haste, which let them attack the same turn they entered the board.
• In combination with a big buffed up board, Kindred Charge can create the opportunity for the final blow on one of our opponents, or even all of them at once.
• We should be aware that the copys are going to be exiled at the end of our turn, which is why we want to make sure to get the most out of Kindred Charge in one single turn.
• I presuppose we are already aware of it at this point, but in case we are not, we may want to choose the creature type "Vampire", when activating Kindred Charge.

Kindred Dominance

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Exquisite Blood

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Legion's Landing  

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• By entering the board, Legion's Landing   does nothing but creating a single Vampire Token which has Lifelink.
• The real strength of Legion's Landing   will be revealed, as soon as three of our Creatures (Tokens included) attack at once, which we should be easily beeing capible off.
• Legion's Landing   will than transform into Adanto, the First Fort, which is a great utility card for this deck.
• Adanto, the First Fort can be tapped for Mana, since it's a land now, but we can also tap it, to create even more Vampire Tokens with Lifelink.
• Because Adanto, the First Fort is a Land card, it will also be able to dodge many removal spells our opponents may throw at we, which makes it another Token generator beeing hard for them to get ride of.

Sorin, Grim Nemesis

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• The lifelink vampire tokens which will be created by Sorin, Grim Nemesis's ability can be pretty devastating.
• Sorin, Grim Nemesis makes politics also really interesting, since the amount of tokens bases on the highest life total of all players, not just our own.
• When using Sorin, Grim Nemesiss skill, we can create a whole army of tokens in an instant and maybe use them as win condition, by swinging with them in our next turn.
• However we should be carefull by choosing the moment to raise the vampires from the death, since Sorin, Grim Nemesis's other abilities are really powerful, too.

Blood Script - Final Notes

The deck and it's description already had plenty of iterations, but I try keeping it up to date.
If you do have any suggestions on how I could improve this deck any further, don't hestitate to comment!
Would love to hear your opinions.

I wish you the best, cheers.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 2 Mythic Rares 48 - 9 Rares 27 - 1 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Blood, City's Blessing, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Own, black, Decks I Want, save, Deck ideas, EDH, Mardu