Edgar Markov

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

Eminence — Whenever you cast another Vampire spell, if this creature is in the command zone or on the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token.

First strike, haste

Whenever this attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.

Tokens

• Vampire 1/1 B

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	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
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Neotrup on Zaxara, the Exemplary Tapping for …

2 months ago

To clarify further, none of Zaxara's abilities work form the command zone. You won't get Hydra tokens until you actually cast Zaxara. Some commanders, such as Edgar Markov do have abilities that function from the command zone, but they specify it in the ability.

DemonDragonJ on Innistrad Remastered Speculation and Wishlist

5 months ago

Previews for Innistrad remastered have begun, so here is a link to what has been revealed, thus far; some of the cards are not surprising, such as Emrakul, the Promised End, Liliana of the Veil, Blood Artist, Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip, or Edgar Markov, but others are more so, such as Mass Hysteria, so I hope that the majority of the cards in this set are cards that players wish to be reprinted.

I hope that the original version of Avacyn, Avacyn, Angel of Hope shall be reprinted, along with Bruna, Light of Alabaster, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Sigarda, Host of Herons, and it also would be nice to have either version of Liesa reprinted, as well.

I heard that the "slow lands" (i.e., Deathcap Glade, Sundown Pass, and so forth) may be reprinted, and it would be nice, but I still would prefer to see reprints of the enym-colored "check lands" (i.e., Hinterland Harbor, Isolated Chapel, and so forth), since the original printings of those cards are the only printings that feature the original artwork and are also available in foil.

What cards are other players, here, hoping to see, in this set?

TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge

5 months ago

So my understanding is that Edgar Markov was the first vampire on Innistrad, but not necessarily the first vampire in general existence.

This one is meant to be the original first, set on Dominaria. Although admittedly her abilities feel as though they are leaning a bit more toward Zendikar.

Oh well shrug?

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Lady Volgrah, First to Drink Blood {5}{U}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature - Elder Vampire

Convoke

Devour 1

Flying, deathtouch, lifelink

When Lady Volgrah enters the battlefield, draw a card for each tapped Human you control that was sacrificed to her Devour mechanic. For each legendary human, each opponent exiles a card from their hand at random.

1/2

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There are 1746 Humans in Grixis, with 345 of them being Legendary... I may actually build her as a precon holy shit

Repeat, but if you want a nice added challenge make an Elder Avatar. As in the subtype, not the manga / anime.

Bookrook on Top ten most toxic commanders.

6 months ago

Niko9 while Rogakh is certainly a good card, it doesn’t have that same kind of thing where people automatically just team up on you and groan when you pull it out.

seshiro_of_the_orochi the description for maha is right below it. I was considering getting a Horobi, Death's Wail deck when Nadu, Winged Wisdom was legal.

legendofa Edgar Markov is just a very good card in general. If anybody ever brings one out, I make sure to sleeve up my Illness in the Ranks.

legendofa on Top ten most toxic commanders.

6 months ago

As a moderately dedicated Vampire player, I submit Edgar Markov. While he can be played around and he's pretty predictable, he throws around value like it's going out of style just by existing. Board wipes are somewhere between a mild annoyance and completely irrelevant, and he's got all the right colors for that. And when he does get around to hitting the field, he takes it over immediately. Pretty much no matter how you build him, he's gonna be drawing heat.

griffstick on Restrictions to make commanders interesting?

1 year ago

What 77hi77 said about Inalla, Archmage Ritualist in his third paragraph about building that deck as mono blue reminded me of the deck I wanted to build but never did. A mono black vampire deck using Edgar Markov as the cmdr. Being mono black allows the devotion strategy to come into play (Gray Merchant of Asphodel) and cards that care about swamps too. Cards like Crypt Ghast and Cabal Coffers, to cards like Nightmare Lash and Dread Presence. Build this and you'll truly have a unique deck that still competes. And to top it off, you can use Torment of Hailfire as a finisher, if you like, because mono black has big ramp.

legendofa on Fun Deck/Builds to try

1 year ago

Find the core of what you enjoy and work with that. Crow_Umbra said it perfectly.

Also, keep track of your interest and enthusiasm. You might be getting a little burnt out or developing builder's block. Sometimes, if you don't have any ideas or inspiration, just take a short break and reset. That doesn't mean walking away from the game, or stop building entirely. Just don't put pressure on yourself to come up with the next big thing. If something's not coming together, put it aside and move on, and when your deck designer instincts are recharged and ready, you can revisit it with fresh eyes. It there's a cool card or interaction you can't do anything with, make a note of it. Oddball Combos is my list of "cool stuff but I don't know what to do with it."

Don't treat it as an obligation to build or play all your decks. Design some decks that you're never going to play, just for fun theorycraft and staying in shape. Borrow a deck from someone else and see if that sparks anything.

To more specifically answer your questions, the decks I have the most fun with are the decks that have some of my favorite parts of the game. As Nath desires, so shall it be: A flawless world puts my favorite strategy (discard) in my favorite colors ({B}{G}) (and I should probably take another look at this one too--it's been a while since I dusted it off).

Restrictions I set for myself are usually along the lines of "What is nobody else doing?" or "How far can I take this?" Basically, I want to do something unique, or at least very outside the norm. Above such mortal concerns was specifically built to use only part of Edgar Markov's color identity, and it feels special even though it's a well-known commander.

Related to that last point is to find a new way of doing something. {G}{W}{U} are well-known group hug colors, so what about {B}{R} group hug? Pure freedom, being in the moment, and letting people live their best lives. Everyone gets to party! Everyone's invited! is what came out of that idea, and it's a great change from the usual safisticblooddeathfireexplodiness that the color combination is known for.

Shameless self-promotion aside, find what you enjoy and do that. Don't force creativity. Build for the sake of building, and play what makes you proud to play.

GeminiSpartanX on Volrath, Voltron Reanimator

1 year ago

Profet93- I'm mostly trying to make it as consistent as possible while still giving homage to my commander's strengths. I know there are better reanimator commanders out there, but Volrath was one of the first legendary creatures I ever played with and as such, has a special place in my heart. In the previous version, I was just focusing on having the biggest cmc black and colorless cards in MtG and trying to swing in with him for the win, but it was too easily disrupted and the ramp wasn't enough to get there just by playing 1 fattie a turn otherwise. I figured the reanimation package will keep me in the game longer and make this deck more than a one-trick pony. I'm simply looking to cut the weakest cards from the list to keep up with the other powerful decks I normally play against (Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip, Be'Lakor, the Dark Master, Pantlaza, Sun-Favored, Edgar Markov, and Kaalia of the Vast).

leon_bulminot- This deck is not a 'sac' or aristocrats deck, so unfortunately some of your suggestions won't fit the bill here. My Kozilek is there to keep me from getting milled out against people who run infinite mill combos, and LotV is great at allowing me to discard a beefy guy from my hand to reanimate afterwards. The others Lilys are nice, but I actually cut a few tutors already to try and speed up the deck as too many tutors in a non-combo deck slow things down by paying extra mana for the cards you need, and this deck has enough ramp under 4 cmc that lily of the dark realms just barely didn't make the cut.