Charismatic Conqueror

Creature — Vampire Soldier

Vigilance

Whenever an artifact or creature enters the battlefield untapped and under an opponent's control, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Tokens

• Vampire 1/1 W

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

Kenny762 on Necronomicon | Teysa Karlov | Primer

2 months ago

Masterful Love this deck and the frequent updates! What is your opinion on Charismatic Conqueror? I was surprised it wasn't mentioned in your latest update.

Crow_Umbra on

3 months ago

One of the newer token producers that I can think of is Charismatic Conqueror, but that's not necessarily guaranteed token production. It might be worth looking at more spell-slinger focused Extus, Oriq Overlord  ^Flip or Jetmir, Nexus of Revels decks, since some of the builds I've seen irl tend to use spell-slinging based token production to support the token production on creatures that are mostly in the 3+ cmc range.

• Secure the Wastes, but even then it needs at least 2-3 in the X to feel worth it.

Yeah, Sov Okinec is a little confusing at first. You are correct in your 2nd comment. Let's say Sov Okinec attacks, and you have a Walking Ballista with 2 +1/+1 counters already on it. Sov Okinec would give Ballista another 2 +1/+1 counters, since Ballista's base power is 0. It will continue to balloon from there.

I currently run Sov Okinec and Kutzil in my Gylwain, Casting Director deck, since all role auras provide a baseline +1/+1 buff

LinkOpensChest_wav on Vampiric Rites and Vampiric Wrongs

3 months ago

Veethevvitch Thank you so much!

Regarding Charismatic Conqueror -- Well, this is embarrassing, but it must have been a complete oversight on my part because there it is in my binder. Why didn't it make the cut? I have no idea! It will be corrected, though! Y'know what's funny? My buddy actually got the same deck, and I was playing against him and made a mental note about how I need to get that card lol. Little did I know, I had it all along, and somehow totally disregarded it. Not sure if I misread the card or got it mixed up with something else. Sorry to ramble, but it's genuinely making me feel a bit unhinged haha.

Regarding Heirloom Blade -- It's a great card. My card advantage was really suffering though, and I believe I actually decided to add Phyrexian Arena instead of this one. I wasn't sure if it would add enough value, and to be honest I have a few pet cards in here that are sub-optimal that I'd really hate to cut. My friend is actually running his deck with this card, and we're playing next week. I'll see how it works for him, but I do have some ideas of what I could cut to add it. It's definitely a great card, and right now it's sitting in my binder.

Regarding Edgar, Charmed Groom  ^Flip -- I actually did have that in here just a revision or two ago. Can't remember why I cut it. With a sac engine, it's a pretty dope token generator, which this deck loves. Hmmmm ... I think I should add him back.

You've been very helpful. Now back to the drawing board...

Veethevvitch on Vampiric Rites and Vampiric Wrongs

3 months ago

Hello, first of all nice vampire deck! :)

Second of all, I saw in the description that you got the lost carven of ixalan's vampire deck, so I was wondering why Charismatic Conqueror & Heirloom Blade didn't make the cut considering they are pretty low in mana cost and gives a decent boost/subtle control/tax ?

Also if you are in the mood for shopping new cards maybe you could consider Edgar, Charmed Groom  ^Flip since it's quite hard to get rid of (necessitates at least two removal spells from your opponents for complete removal) and gives a decent boost to all vampire on the one side and creates tokens on the other side.

YamishiTheWickedOne on What is a Man? (a hyper aggro Edgar Markov EDH)

5 months ago

Vessiliana who/what would you cut for Master of Dark Rites? We finally get another good black utility 1-drop vamp. I wanna try her out.

As good as Dusk Legion Duelist is, I feel like Charismatic Conqueror is the better white vigilance 2/2. Been testing him and the look on people's faces when they play a creature or a rock is priceless. Especially if I have Procession and/or Purphoros in play.

YamishiTheWickedOne on Edgar Markov: Dark Ambitions

5 months ago

Vessiliana try out Clavileno, First of the Blessed. Remarkably cheap card that is outright busted in Edgar EDH. Charismatic Conqueror, Bloodletter of Aclazotz and Master of Dark Rites are also eye-catching.

artaud21 on Markov's Vampire Apocalypse

5 months ago

Lost Caverns of Ixalan new cards:

Master of Dark Rites - 1CMC mana producer is a perfect fit for Markov and perfect T1 drop

Order of Sacred Dusk - interesting option to change quantity into quality. Relevant if low on life or when ground forces face other token strategies or are not pumped enough to win combat

Charismatic Conqueror - it's like Blind Obedience on legs but I'm sure there will be times opponent chooses to give us more vampires instead of tapping. Tokens are {W} though which does not please Ascendant Evincar

Bloodletter of Aclazotz - damage doubler is always nice if one can afford its high starting price

Queen's Bay Paladin - repeated Vampire reanimation can be relevant (Malakir Bloodwitch,Dominating Vampire) especialy with sac outlet but 5CMC can be too much for such a fast deck

Tarrian's Journal  ^Flip - repeatable draw effect is always nice especially when it can turn into double use of our dead Vampires. Mana is also nice.

Bartolome del Presidio - free sac outlet that pumps itself looks good although it doesn't help other vampires except for occassional combos (see Queen's Bay Paladin)

Masterful on Necronomicon | Teysa Karlov | Primer

5 months ago

RadRobertK You're right I totally did! Charismatic Conqueror is very interesting and probably worth playtesting. Like other popular EDH cards, Rhystic Study etc., that prey on opponents' greed, it falls off a lot in usefulness against good players. That being said, most people don't play EDH to maximize their win percentage, and even good players like to have fun most of the time. I can see this card essentially reading: "Your opponents' creatures and artifacts enter the battlefield tapped, except for Sol Ring which gives you a 1/1 vampire." I'm hesitant to include it because a creature that causes our opponents' things to enter tapped doesn't help our gameplan and will likely draw hate from the table. On the other hand, it's a 2-drop creature that can generate tons of tokens with no further effort. Even if it generates at least two tokens, it's probably worth it value-wise. I just wonder if the hate drawn will offset such a powerful potential upside.