Markov combat monster

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (46)

• 1x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Anger
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodcrazed Paladin
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Carrier Thrall
• 1x Champion of Dusk
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Falkenrath Gorger
• 1x Forerunner of the Legion
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 1x Legion Lieutenant
• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1x Markov Crusader
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Olivia's Bloodsworn
• 1x Paladin of Atonement
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Pontiff
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Cutthroat
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (36)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Steelshaper's Gift

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Radiant Destiny
• 1x Shared Animosity

Instant (6)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Wear / Tear

Artifact (6)

• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

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Sideboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Bloodhusk Ritualist
• 1x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 1x Falkenrath Exterminator
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 2x Rakish Heir
• 1x Stromkirk Condemned
• 1x Thirsting Bloodlord
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 2x New Blood
• 1x Syphon Mind

Land (2)

• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Artifact (3)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Heirloom Blade

Instant (1)

• 1x Mortify

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Maybeboard

Creature (41)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Bishop of Binding
• 1x Bishop of Rebirth
• 2x Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Epicure of Blood
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Glory
• 2x Kheru Mind-Eater
• 1x Licia, Sanguine Tribune
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirri the Cursed
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Skymarcher Aspirant
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x The Haunt of Hightower
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Valor
• 1x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Vicious Conquistador
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Kindred Charge
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Psychotic Episode
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Rout
• 1x Vandalblast

Land (18)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg Volcano
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Artifact (15)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Brink of Madness
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gibbering Descent
• 2x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Greed
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Stensia Masquerade
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x True Conviction

Instant (17)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Burnout
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Faith's Reward
• 1x Fated Retribution
• 1x Frantic Purification
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Illumination
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vona's Hunger
• 1x Withering Boon

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

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Deck not finalised

This is the swarmy aggro version of the deck before I tried to lean more aristocratic and comboey in place of anthem lordy stuff.

Combat focused version of markov, not very comboey, more about hard to remove and easy to replace board states.

Knight subtype makes for some excellent use with Haakon, even from and empty hand and board I can start to rebuild, he even makes comboey stuff a possible alternative if I want to start straying back that way.

Phyrexian reclamation is more flexible than Haakon but not so good a deal........

My mistake all these years has been having too many high CMC vampires, when markov incentivises more casts rather than bigger dudes.

Bontu mon is nice, the concentation of black vamps with (1) symbols is a little low though.......... about 1/4 of my deck will be discounted by it, my commander of course being one of those......

Shadow Alley Denizen LOVES Markov's tokens for making my board evasive

Small bodies that become removal, falkenrath exterminator, vamp hexmage, maybe gul draz are important inclusions

Not having blue I don't have counterspells so I need ways to remove opponent threats before their casting, tat's where discards come in: Mind slash and Sadistic Hypnotist make happy aristocratic use of my large dude quanity.

The indestructible 4, adanto vanguard, pitiless pontif, falkenrath aristocrat, Yahenni. There are also 4 regen vampires in history of magic but sadly their CMC and value for mana is lacking, one day Skeletal Vampire , one day :'(

The Indestructibles are good carriers for blade of the bloodchief and sword of the animist, SoFaF as well is possible if a little uninspired.

While she looks good for flexibility judging the value of bloodhusk ritualist sadly she's not so good as first seeming, 3 mana 2/2 nope, 6 mana (lots of it black) 2/2 and 1 opponant discards 3? nope.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 2 Mythic Rares 44 - 12 Rares 31 - 13 Uncommons 6 - 2 Commons
Cards	106
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	City's Blessing, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Markov Plans
Based on	Markov Aristo April plans HowVery EDH