Edgar Markov + Oathsworn Vampire + Warren Soultrader + Vein Ripper

Edgar Markov

Oathsworn Vampire

Warren Soultrader

Vein Ripper

How it works

1. Cast Oathsworn Vampire either from your hand or graveyard by paying 1.
2. Edgar triggers, creating a 1/1 Vampire creature token.
3. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Oathsworn Vampire.
4. When Oathsworn Vampire dies, Vein Ripper triggers, causing target opponent to lose 2 life and you to gain 2 life.
5. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 once, sacrificing the Vampire token instead.
7. Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 1.
8. Repeat.

This lethal loop turns a simple skeleton into a relentless drain engine by using Warren Soultrader as the ultimate sacrifice outlet to feed our economy. Every time Oathsworn Vampire hits the graveyard, Vein Ripper triggers to drain life away from our opponents while keeping our own health topped off with the life gain needed to cast Oathsworn Vampire right back out of the graveyard. Meanwhile, Edgar Markov lurks in the command zone or on the battlefield to passively churn out extra Vampire tokens via Eminence whenever we cast our spells, giving us the extra fodder we need to keep the Treasure-producing machinery humming.