Is this BETTER than Markov!? | Who's That Commander?| Strefan, Maurer Progenitor EDH Deck Tech

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Going over my recently dismantled Edgar Markov deck and made the pieces into Strefan! I don't love the idea of having the scariest commander at the table, it tends to make people want you dead first, so I went with something still strong yet a lot less hated. Hope you like this one and thanks for watching :)
(Ps no its not better than markov)

[@Lukaz2009]

I love my Strefan deck. He does so much with Vampires without being overly oppresive like Edgar. He can absolutely go insane, but he doesn't make you the archenemy from turn 0. A few suggestions: I would suggest adding ping effects. Slowly draining your opponents over the course of the game while also maximizing Blood token production really improves the consistency. A few good ones are actually lands. Leechridden Swamp and Shivan Gorge are great utility lands for Strefan. Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief is an excellent Vampire to run. Cheat her out with Strefan and you can use her ability to kill a problematic blocker. And with how much lifegain Vampires have in general, a good Vampire to help cheat out your bigger Vamps is Marshland Bloodcaster. 1B and tapping to pay life instead of mana for a Vamp serves double duty. Freeing up mana and ensuring you get a Blood token off yourself. And while it is a bit of magical christmas land, but Chandra's Ignition targeting Olivia's Attendants can create a lot of Blood tokens.

[@levisdeckbox]

These are some great suggestions, I appreciate it!

[@WaterNinjaFrog]

Aspiring Statuary is a great card for this deck Basically turns all your blood tokens into ramp

[@levisdeckbox]

Good find!

[@VestigeX3]

loved the comment at the end, strefan was my first ever magic deck and me and my boyfriend always call him Stephan because of the vampire diaries

[@levisdeckbox]

That’s awesome! I’m glad other people feel the same way I do

[@VeenusOver]

A note about markov enforcer is the synergy it has with strefan. If you play it off his ability it has indestructible for the rest of your turn, so you can fight as many things as you are able without worrying about it dying.

[@levisdeckbox]

Yes! Somebody pointed that out to me, I love this synergy

[@stefan_wsl3398]

And then you play molten echos and go wild!

[@mortycremwatch]

Mephidross Vampire is great with the Enforcer too. Enforcer will be able to take out pretty much anything after a few fights Mephidross great with Olivia’s Attendants too to pump their power and blood output

[@mortycremwatch]

Enforcer (with indestructible from Strefan) + Mephidross Vampire + Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet could be one sided board wipe. Kalitas makes a zombie token when Enforcer kills something. Zombie token is also a vampire because of Mephidross so it triggers Enforcer. Repeat

[@MedioTaffy]

First real Commander I've ever built, decks still strong as hell in my group

[@levisdeckbox]

That’s great to hear! I’m glad he puts in work

[@tko_5]

I love the creativity and themes that you present. I love fun decks that use a lot of cards that people don't see a lot. Appreciate the work

[@levisdeckbox]

Thank you so much! I just really love making decks for lesser known commanders and I’m really glad that other people feel the same way, thanks for watching

[@Erudite512]

Got this as one of my first Commander decks. got a lot of the same vamps in my build. gotta love the blood usage and just kicking out big scary vampires on turn 3

[@levisdeckbox]

It seems so fun! I can’t wait to add this to my paper lineup really stoked for it :)

[@cameronvandewark4255]

Great video, I personally love Strefan as a commander!

[@levisdeckbox]

Thank you! I’m really looking forward to playing him. After building Eisenhorn I thought making a blood token commander would be a lot of fun

[@benrichardson5662]

Is Strefan better than Edgar? I think it's more of a case of them wanting different things. Edgar wants to go wide. He's not interested in a Butcher of Malakir, he wants little cheap guys like Shadow Alley Denizen. Strefan wants the big, splashy vampires like Patron of the Vein and Necropolis Regent, and that is something I find more appealing than going wide with a bunch of little guys who are only in the deck because they're cheap and have "Vampire" on the card. Don't think I'll be making this guy any time soon since I got the Clavileño precon as a gift and I've found it to be actually really fun.

[@levisdeckbox]

I agree, I’ve had an Edgar deck before because I love Vampires (Magic and otherwise) but didn’t jive too well with him, Strefan seems a lot more fun to me. Is that precon pretty good? Haven’t seen anyone play it, it seems interesting

[@timmyg316]

Strephans precon is my favorite of the ones I bought. It can be explosive and stands up to my friends ultra powerful decs

[@levisdeckbox]

I’ve heard lots of good things about the precon for sure

[@davidkozlowski7791]

hey! so menace doesn't mean you are doing double the damage it only means there are two creatures blocking it, so if you swing Olivia's attendant and she is blocked by a 1/1 and an 8/8 you would chose the order in which those creatures block you, so you could do one damage to the 1/1 and than 5 damage would carry over to the 8/8, or you could block the 8/8 first, all 6 damage would go to the 8/8 and nothing would carry over to the 1/1. Good deck build! I hope you continue to enjoy magic for years to come

[@levisdeckbox]

Thanks for clearing that up! I was a little confused on that and I wasn’t 100% sure since there was no extra rules text for her. I appreciate the kind words it means a lot thanks so much

[@robertpoffel373]

Even if two 1/1 blockers you can still assign 6 damage

[@rogerrabbit132]

I recently built an Edgar Markov deck and an Olivia, Crimson Bride deck for my wife and I. Her Olivia deck uses Strefan as an "alternate" commander and he slaps so hard as commander.

[@levisdeckbox]

That’s awesome! I can definitely see that, cheating out huge vampires seems insanely strong

[@mixolli]

Cool deck! I just wanted to let you know that when an ability says "up to one target", you can choose to target nothing. This means you don't have to fight with your Markov Enforcer if you don't want to.

[@levisdeckbox]

That’s awesome! Thanks for the info that actually really helps

[@jimmysgameplaysandreviews6377]

Strefan is my 1st deck I ever owned I upgraded it a bit and I still love it

[@levisdeckbox]

That’s awesome glad to hear that you like him!

[@mortycremwatch]

Markov Enforcer fights ‘up to one target creature’ so it only has to fight if you want it to

[@MrDavidmauck]

Attendants splits damage between the blocking creatures so you get 6 max on an attack

[@levisdeckbox]

Awesome! Thanks for the info :)

[@robertpoffel373]

More specifically your opponent has to name two blockers, you decide the order, you have to assign at least enough to the first blocker to kill it (or 6 if its toughness is 6 or greater) and then you can assign the rest of the damage to the second blocker. In other words if two 1/1 blockers you can still assign 6 damage.

[@NezNine]

Love the deck tech! Was always hoping that the blood tokens would be more useful. Do you by chance have a Sigarda, Font of Blessings deck tech planned? Could be a fun one!

[@levisdeckbox]

Thanks! I don’t have one planned but if I can think of something interesting I’ll put up a video for you :)

[@DungeonDex-sk7dk]

I honestly think subbing sengir for butcher of malekir . Timothar + butcher is ridiculous.

[@Blankgamer81]

Love the video! Was looking for this exact kind of thing, I love vampires but edgar is too strong and expensive with my pod.

[@levisdeckbox]

Exactly, Markov is a little too strong for my pod but I think strefan will be a happy medium

[@michaelw2030]

Hi, really appreciate the video! As a new player trying to build a strefan deck, explaining the combos really helps me visualize the game plan! But speaking of, I was looking through your decklist an noticed the Liquimetal torque. Someone else has mentioned adding this card to my deck but I don't see the value. What is the gameplan with this card?

[@levisdeckbox]

Thanks I’m glad you like it! Firstly Liquimetal Torque is a 2 mana rock which is great on its own however it’s exceptionally good in red decks since they are great at removing artifacts but not good at removing things like enchantments or even creatures to an extent. So if you turn a permanent into an artifact, suddenly your artifact removal turns into permanent removal allowing you to get rid of multiple permanent types. Hope this helps!

[@michaelw2030]

@@levisdeckbox ohh so you're turning opponent's things into artifacts, not your own?? Seems devious, I like it!

[@stefan_wsl3398]

​@michaelw2030 You can also run quite allot of artifact synergy as the deck farms blood tokens so you sometimes use it on your own stuff for things like marionette master

[@hawarths294]

i feel like necropolis regent might be a good addition.

[@levisdeckbox]

Oh definitely! I have her in a few decks, great card

[@bdoakes]

What is the Vampire artwork you're using for a background?

[@levisdeckbox]

If you’re referring to the beginning of the video, it’s a key art piece for the Innistrad Crimson Vow set. Should be able to find it on Google images

[@antongraff5638]

Good video thanks 👍

[@levisdeckbox]

Sure thing!

[@bonosaysno6792]

Do you have the decklist saved? It isnt showing up on the dropdown

[@coleluecke7668]

Same definitely looking for a deck list.

[@levisdeckbox]

Sorry about that, forgot to add it when I uploaded this last night, just updated the description. Thanks for watching!

[@bonosaysno6792]

Nice! Thank you!@@levisdeckbox

[@MKMT-bw8hc]

Strefan or Clavileno, which precon commander deck is better?

[@levisdeckbox]

I think strefan is more interesting personally. Clav is spitting out tokens so it’s a little more generic then getting to drop big vampires from your hand

[@MKMT-bw8hc]

@@levisdeckbox yooo thanks for the response man! despite their different playstyles, would you say the strefan and clav decks are comparable, power-wise? or is one deck significantly stronger than the other? starting mtg haha

[@levisdeckbox]

Mmm straight out of the box I can’t say, I’m not familiar with their decklists. However overall potential I’d say Strefan. I remember hearing people say that Clav was a bit weaker than the other Ixalan precons. Welcome to mtg, it’s one hell of a fun game :)