Edgar Markov's eminence ability generates a 1/1 Vampire token every time a Vampire spell is cast, even from the command zone, flooding the board with creatures that grow bigger whenever Edgar attacks. The deck supports this vampire swarm with life drain effects — creatures and enchantments that punish opponents for losing life or reward you for gaining it — backed by tutors that efficiently assemble the key pieces. The primary win conditions are infinite life-loss loops enabled by Exquisite Blood paired with either Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, where a single point of life gain or loss triggers a chain that drains all opponents simultaneously.

Edgar Markov decklist

• Command Tower
• Sol Ring
• Terminate
• Vampire Nighthawk
• Grim Tutor
• Temple of Silence
• Fellwar Stone
• Commander's Sphere
• Chrome Mox
• Vampire Cutthroat
• Mortify
• Smothering Tithe
• Phyrexian Altar
• Phyrexian Tower
• Marsh Flats
• Chalice of Life
• Dark Ritual
• Cruel Celebrant
• Cordial Vampire
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Arcane Signet
• Exquisite Blood
• Savai Triome
• Dark Prophecy
• Forerunner of the Legion
• Oathsworn Vampire
• Mox Amber
• Academy Rector
• Nighthawk Scavenger
• Malakir Rebirth
• Marauding Blight-Priest
• Enlightened Tutor
• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• Command Beacon
• Akroma's Will
• Wear
• Sanguine Bond
• Exotic Orchard
• Godless Shrine
• Arid Mesa
• Vindicate
• Falkenrath Pit Fighter
• Florian, Voldaren Scion
• Unclaimed Territory
• Voldaren Estate
• Welcoming Vampire
• Indulgent Aristocrat
• Temple of Malice
• Reflecting Pool
• Luxury Suite
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• Dragonskull Summit
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Diabolic Intent
• Overmaster
• Drana and Linvala
• Reprieve
• Dusk Legion Duelist
• Talisman of Conviction
• Reliquary Tower
• Vault of Champions
• Spectator Seating
• Beseech the Mirror
• Blood Crypt
• Sacred Foundry
• Charismatic Conqueror
• Master of Dark Rites
• Blood Artist
• Pact of the Serpent
• Vault of the Archangel
• Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• Preacher of the Schism
• Blind Obedience
• Bloodstained Mire
• Kolaghan's Command
• Three Tree City
• Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• Vampire Gourmand
• Sanctum Seeker
• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• Vampire of the Dire Moon
• Village Rites
• Captivating Vampire
• Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• Isolated Chapel
• Susurian Voidborn
• Gathering Stone
• Stensian Sanguinist
• Anguished Unmaking
• Pawn of Ulamog
• Clifftop Retreat
• Culling the Weak
• Emeritus of Woe
• 2× Mountain
• 2× Plains
• 2× Swamp