Might I suggest Mirror Entity ?

+1 for both flair and brutal efficiency.

October 9, 2019 7:52 p.m.

Enral says... #2

YamishiTheWickedOne That's a great suggestion, I'll need to find space to test it out. Thanks!

October 9, 2019 10:13 p.m.

Other things off the top of my head...

Equipment tutors, because this strategy lives and dies by skullclamp. Stoneforge Mystic , Enlightened Tutor and Open the Armory and Steelshaper's Gift come to mind.

Various lords. Take your pick. Vamps have a ton. I wanna mention Sanctum Seeker for the life drain and there was some Orc or something who had a similar effect.

Nameless Inversion . it's a creature hate spell that counts as "casting a vampire".

Obelisk of Urd . easy buff, use once you're done with clamp.

Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle . This deck is hyper aggressive and swarms the board with attackers like nothing else in EDH. He gives you more free creatures.

Bloodcrazed Paladin as an out against boardwipes.

Yahenni. He's actually good in this format just as a hard to kill beater.

I'm sure I can come up with more ideas. I like the deck a lot.

October 9, 2019 10:51 p.m.

Enral says... #4

YamishiTheWickedOne Great suggestions...I like Obelisk of Urd a ton since it will be almost always free when I cast it. I'll definitely consider them and test them out!

October 9, 2019 11:18 p.m.

king-saproling says... #5

Love the concept! These might interest you: Metallic Mimic , Adaptive Automaton , Stromkirk Condemned , Thirsting Bloodlord , Battle Hymn (gets papa markov out on t3 or t4 assuming you played dudes on t1 and t2), Dusk , Lotus Petal

October 10, 2019 11:22 a.m.

Enral says... #6

king-saproling Great suggestions, will definitely consider them. Battle Hymn seems like gas!

October 10, 2019 2:05 p.m.

Other lords: Vampire Nocturnus , Bloodline Keeper  Flip, maybe Rakish Heir . I really wanna give special mention to Malakir Bloodwitch as a way to surprise kill people/finish games or just mass heal. There was also Champion of Dusk .

October 10, 2019 3:21 p.m.

Enral says... #8

YamishiTheWickedOne: I have a lot of great cards to consider from your suggestions and all of them seems great. I'll have to test them and see how it goes. Thanks!

October 10, 2019 6:06 p.m.

imSandstorm says... #9

Sweet deck! About the infinite drain combo..I'm not sure if I get how you pull it off. I know it works with Bontu's Monument because of the cost reduction, letting you cast Oathsworn Vampire for the 1 mana you make off sac'ing it to Phyrexian Altar . Without a cost reducer, how does your combo go off? Aside from that, I got a lot of use out of Massive Raid along with the aforementioned Battle Hymn .

October 11, 2019 2:43 a.m. Edited.

Enral says... #10

imSandstorm: The combo starts by having an additional vampire in play or if you have both Oathsworn Vampire and Blood Artist in hand to cast to generate the extra body to sac. How the combo works is this:

  1. Sacrifice any vampire and Oathsworn Vampire to Phyrexian Altar for ( Blood Artist 's drain will trigger)

  2. Cast Oathsworn Vampire from your graveyard (you can cast him now that you've gained life to enable it)

  3. Edgar Markov’s ability triggers creating a vampire token

Repeat steps 1 to 3 infinite times.

October 11, 2019 8:13 a.m.

imSandstorm says... #11

D'oh! Forgot the eminence ability doesn't care where you cast it from. Sorry about that! Thanks for the explanation.

October 11, 2019 1:46 p.m.

MannyBothans says... #12

I’ve had a ton of luck with Impact Tremors and Purphoros in my Edgar Deck, especially if you repeat cast. With Purphoros out, each vampire cast will net you 4 damage to each opponent.

October 11, 2019 10:53 p.m.

Enral says... #13

MannyBothans: Purphoros, God of the Forge is spicy. Would have to test it out for sure!

October 11, 2019 11:37 p.m.

SirChris39 says... #14

Enral what amazing Edgar Markov Commander Deck u have

October 12, 2019 4:46 p.m.
October 12, 2019 5:56 p.m.

tkjanacek says... #16

Since you don't run duplicate basic lands, Tainted Pact should be pretty good. Since you are already running changelings, Gravecrawler and Haakon, Stromgald Scourge can substitute Oathsworn Vampire in the combo. Check out my list: Edgar Aggro

October 27, 2019 10:53 a.m.

Vlasiax says... #17

What do you think about Cover of Darkness and Springleaf Drum ?

Also isn't 32 lands too low?

For card draw I'd also recommend Tymna the Weaver and Minions' Murmurs

October 28, 2019 1:54 a.m. Edited.

Enral says... #18

Vlasiax: Both are great cards that I seem to have trouble finding the space for but will definitely put them in as I decide what to cut. Would have included Tymna if he's a vampire...I'm a sucker for staying on theme.

October 28, 2019 12:39 p.m.

Vlasiax says... #19

I'm personally not too sold on Sorin (4 cmc for +1/+0 anthem or 1/1 token? Isn't it too inefficent?) and Dusk / Dawn (3 power is quite high and might not kill combo pieces). So I'd swap these out for more draw and try to win by aristocrats.

October 28, 2019 2:39 p.m. Edited.

Enral says... #20

Vlasiax: Sounds like a good change, I'll swap them out and see how it goes.

October 28, 2019 4:26 p.m.

Vlasiax says... #21

While at it - I think this deck needs Ad Nauseam . Thanks to the low mana curve you can easily draw like 20 cards at once.

October 29, 2019 2:59 a.m.

Enral says... #22

Vlasiax: Not a bad idea, I will definitely try it out. Thanks!

October 29, 2019 8:43 a.m.

Vlasiax says... #23

What do you think about Pawn of Ulamog , Carrier Thrall and Zulaport Cutthroat ? I think they might help with providing bodies to sacrifice and value.

November 1, 2019 3:41 p.m.

Enral says... #24

Vlasiax: I don't think they really fit in the deck as it is more of a hyper aggro rather than an aristocrats kinda deck. I'm also trying to limit my vamps to as many 1 drops as possible so the 2/3 drops need to make an immediate impact.

November 1, 2019 4:16 p.m.

I actually REALLY like pawn, or Carrier Thrall especially. They're the perfect targets to fuel Skullclamp. 3 creatures for the price of 1, or 2 sacrifices and the mana to draw the second time for free. Just like Dusk Legion Zealot , he's incredible value as fuel for setting up stronger plays.

November 1, 2019 5:57 p.m.

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