Markov's Vampiric Aristoknights

Commander / EDH* RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (36)

• 1x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Anger
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodcrazed Paladin
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bold Impaler
• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Carrier Thrall
• 1x Champion of Dusk
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Falkenrath Gorger
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Forerunner of the Legion
• 1x Gatekeeper of Malakir
• 1x Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
• 1x Legion Lieutenant
• 1x Martyr of Dusk
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Olivia's Bloodsworn
• 1x Paladin of Atonement
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Priest of Forgotten Gods
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Thermopod
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Land (35)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Oketra's Monument
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dark Prophecy
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Necrogen Mists
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Instant (6)

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

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Sideboard

Creature (27)

• 1x Agent of Stromgald
• 1x Bloodhusk Ritualist
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Dauntless Bodyguard
• 1x Deathless Ancient
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Kalastria Highborn
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Malakir Bloodwitch
• 1x Markov Crusader
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 1x Paladin of the Bloodstained
• 1x Pitiless Pontiff
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Stromkirk Captain
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Cutthroat
• 1x Vindictive Vampire
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Revelation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Martyr's Bond
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Radiant Destiny
• 1x Shared Animosity

Instant (1)

• 1x Mortify

Land (7)

• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Artifact (3)

• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

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Maybeboard

Creature (41)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Sage
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Bishop of Binding
• 1x Bishop of Rebirth
• 1x Bishop of the Bloodstained
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x 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, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Epicure of Blood
• 1x Falkenrath Exterminator
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Glory
• 2x Kheru Mind-Eater
• 1x Licia, Sanguine Tribune
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirri the Cursed
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Rakish Heir
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Skymarcher Aspirant
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stromkirk Condemned
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x The Haunt of Hightower
• 1x Valor
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 2x Vampire Nocturnus
• 1x Vicious Conquistador
• 1x Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Brink of Madness
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gibbering Descent
• 2x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Greed
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Stensia Masquerade
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x True Conviction

Land (16)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 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 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg Volcano
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

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

Sorcery (15)

• 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 Fumigate
• 1x Kindred Charge
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Psychotic Episode
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Rout

Artifact (13)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 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 Well of Lost Dreams

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A deck that builds boards, buffs them, sacs them to cripple opponents and if it doesn't win via combat damage can get together some aristocratic combos with the altars and the deathmantle/Haakon/Oathsworn.

With Purphuros, Impact tremors and 4 artist effect vampires I can reliably get serious burn going with several loopable approaches.

With Haakon and a 1death=1colourmana (pitiless, phyrex) casting Elenda can loop, kill the token, then her, then her tokens.

Knights are a fantastic little subtype that Vampires have access to and Bold Impaler has the distinction of being a 1CMC vampire knight, other more useful 2cmc ones exist but they don't make a mana profit with only a 1mana-1death deal (anointed and other outputs like pitiless will change that though).

Agent of Strongald is a fun sideboard move for thermopoding R:B but if I'm already infiniting red mana, ETBs and casts from the R vamp knight it's probably unnecessary.

Modern horizon anthem invuln enchant very nice aristo anthem version of the high mana investment of Kindred Boon

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 5 Mythic Rares 41 - 21 Rares 31 - 19 Uncommons 10 - 7 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	City's Blessing, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Plant 0/2 G, Treasure, Vampire 1/1 B, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Markov Plans
Based on	Markov combat monster HowVery EDH