Markov Combo (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

Featured card: Haakon, Stromgald Scourge

Markov Combo

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Knights RBW (Mardu) Tokens Vampires

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1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

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Instant (11)

Enchantment (6)

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

Sorcery (10)

Sac Combo. Credit to Zervintz for the base of the deck:

https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/multiplayer-commander-decklists/783092-edgars-blood-rites

This deck leverages Edgar Markov's Eminence ability in the command zone to create a number of infinite combo paths to drain your opponents of life and win the game.

Combo 1 Pieces

Combo Description

The main wincon of this deck is to have access to Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, a Blood Artist Effect, a Vampire Knight, and a Mana Sac Outlet. Using the Mana Sac Outlet, you can sacrifice a Vampire Knight to produce mana. Then, using Haakon, Stromgald Scourge's ability, the Vampire Knight can be cast from the graveyard, also producing a Vampire 1/1 B Token from Edgar Markov's Eminence Ability. Next, the Vampire Knight, and if need be, the Vampire 1/1 B Token, can be sacrificed for mana to recast the Vampire Knight from your graveyard. By repeatedly casting the Vampire Knight from the graveyard with a Blood Artist Effect on your battlefield, all opponents will be brought to 0 life and the game will be won.

If you use any single cost Vampire Knights, or reduce the cost of any Vampire Knight to 1 mana through Bontu's Monument and/or Herald's Horn, or increasing token generation through Anointed Procession, infinite tokens can also be created. These tokens can then be used to produce infinite mana though a Mana Sac Outlet, or to win through combat damage either on the next turn or on the same turn, if Anger is in your graveyard and a Mountain is on your battlefield.

There is the option to establish this combo on an opponents turn if the Vampire Knight you have access to is Bloodcrazed Paladin.

For this combo to work with Olivia, Mobilized for War, Changeling Berserker, or Elenda, the Dusk Rose, cost reducers such as Bontu's Monument and/or Herald's Horn, or the token doubler Anointed Procession, must be on the battlefield.

If you permanently lose access to Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, the deck can still complete this combo with Oathsworn Vampire's ability, provided you have a way to gain life. Upon gaining life, you can now cast Oathsworn Vampire from the graveyard using the card's own ability. With access to a Mana Sac Outlet and a Blood Artist Effect, you can drain your opponents of life and win the game. If you don't have access to a Blood Artist Effect, but you do have access to a cost reducer such as Bontu's Monument and/or Herald's Horn, or the token doubler Anointed Procession, you can produce infinite Vampire 1/1 B Tokens, and win the game on the same turn with Anger in the graveyard.

With this combo, this deck can also go infinite with Elenda, the Dusk Rose, and one other creature on the battlefield other than Haakon, Stromgald Scourge. By sacrificing the other creature to a Mana Sac Outlet (make sure to float the appropriate colors of mana) Elenda, the Dusk Rose will have one +1/+1 counter on her, making her a 2/2. At this point you can sacrifice Elenda, the Dusk Rose to a Mana Sac Outlet, producing two Vampire 1/1 W Tokens and producing an additional mana for a total of two floating mana in your mana pool. By then sacrificing the two Vampire 1/1 W Tokens to a Mana Sac Outlet, thus having four total mana floating, you can now use Haakon, Stromgald Scourge to cast Elenda, the Dusk Rose from the graveyard. You should now be back to having Elenda, the Dusk Rose and one Vampire 1/1 B Token created by Edgar Markov, and can repeat this process infinitely, winning the game with a Blood Artist Effect. If you start this combo with two or more other creatures on your battlefield or enough mana to cast Elenda, the Dusk Rose without sacrificing your one other creature, after sacrificing her, this combo will also produce infinite Vampire 1/1 W Tokens and Vampire 1/1 B Tokens, with which you can create infinite mana or can win through combat damage either on the next turn or on the same turn, if Anger is in your graveyard and a Mountain is on your battlefield. Cost reducers such as such as Bontu's Monument and/or Herald's Horn will reduce the casting cost of Elenda, the Dusk Rose, thus making this combo less mana/creature intensive.

Another route to complete this combo can be achieved with Elenda, the Dusk Rose and six mana to cast her from the hand/graveyard. Using four of the six mana upon her initial casting, Edgar Markov will produce a Vampire 1/1 B Token. By sacrificing the Vampire 1/1 B Token to a Mana Sac Outlet, you will have one mana floating and Elenda, the Dusk Rose will be a 2/2. Then sacrifice Elenda, the Dusk Rose to have two floating mana and two Vampire 1/1 W Tokens created by Elenda, the Dusk Rose upon her death. Using the final two mana from the six you started with and the two mana floating in the mana pool, recast Elenda, the Dusk Rose from the graveyard, creating a Vampire 1/1 B Token from Edgar Markov. With Elenda, the Dusk Rose, two Vampire 1/1 W Tokens, and a Vampire 1/1 B Token on the battlefield, you can now continue the loop infinitely and drain your opponents via a Blood Artist Effect, produce infinite tokens, and produce infinite mana. Cost reducers such as such as Bontu's Monument and/or Herald's Horn will reduce the casting cost of Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Anointed Procession will double token generation, both making this combo less mana/creature intensive.

Mana Sac Outlets

Vampire Knights

Blood Artist Effects

Combo 2 Pieces

Combo Description

The second wincon present in this deck consists of an interaction between Bloodline Necromancer and Changeling Berserker. With Bloodline Necromancer on the battlefield, have Changeling Berserker enter the battlefield and champion Bloodline Necromancer. With any Sac Outlet, sacrifice Changeling Berserker causing Bloodline Necromancer to return to the battlefield and trigger it's ETB effect. With Bloodline Necromancer's ability on the stack, target Changeling Berserker in your graveyard and repeat this process infinitely. This combo can be started with Changeling Berserker in the graveyard. With this infinite loop and any Blood Artist Effect except Bontu's Monument, you can drain your opponents of life and win the game. If any piece of the combo is sent to the graveyard before you can go infinite, they can be brought back with some of the recursion effects available in the deck.

Sac Outlets

Blood Artist Effects

Creature Recursion Effects

Artifact Recursion Effects

Finding the Combo

Now, obviously, this is not the most compact combo in MTG. So it is unlikely that, during the course of a game, you will be able to purely draw into all our combo pieces. So this deck has a number of cards in it's repertoire to locate the various pieces of the combo. As stated in Combo 1 earlier in this deck tech, there are 4 main pieces we are looking for to initiate the combo: Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, a Blood Artist Effect, a Vampire Knight, and a Mana Sac Outlet. For Combo 2, we need the following pieces: Bloodline Necromancer, Changeling Berserker and any Sac Outlet. Since some of the tutors in this deck are card type dependent, I am going to spilt these cards based on their card type, not based on their utility to the combo (the function of the cards within the combos can be found in the combo descriptions above).

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Casual

93% Competitive

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Blood, Elephant 3-3 G, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B
Folders	Vampire
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