Card
Edgar Markov
Mana cost {3}{R}{W}{B}
Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight 4/4
Eminence — Whenever you cast another Vampire spell, if Edgar is in the command zone or on the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token. First strike, haste Whenever Edgar attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 59 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · C17 · #36
- Cheapest printing
- €26.83
- EDHREC salt
- 2.05
- Color identity
- Black, Red, White
- Keywords
- First strike, Haste, Eminence
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
59 known combos.
- Edgar Markov + Oathsworn Vampire + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Edgar Markov + Oathsworn Vampire + Warren Soultrader + Blood Artist
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Edgar Markov + Oathsworn Vampire + Warren Soultrader + Cruel Celebrant
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Notably, if Edgar Markov is on the battlefield and its eminence ability triggers, but it’s put into the command zone before that ability resolves, that ability won’t do anything as it resolves. This is because an object that changes zones is considered a new object. - 2025-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Edgar Markov’s eminence ability is a triggered ability. Edgar must be on the battlefield or in the command zone when you cast another Vampire spell and also as the triggered ability resolves. If it’s on the battlefield or in the command zone when you cast another Vampire spell but leaves that zone before the ability resolves, the ability won’t do anything as it resolves.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast