Markov Patrician
Creature — Vampire
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #21967
Markov Patrician puts a 3/3 lifelink flier on the board for three mana and creates a Vampire token when it enters — reasonable rate, no setup required. It's a role-player in tribal synergy decks, not a powerhouse, but it does exactly what it advertises.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Markov Patrician is a Commander card through and through — the Vampire tribal payoffs, the token generation, and the lifelink all scale with the 100-card singleton format where redundancy matters. In Pauper it's legal but competes with more efficient commons and doesn't have a tribal home worth slotting into. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; a three-mana 3/3 with a token rider doesn't register in those formats. Stick to Commander if Markov Patrician is on your list.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Markov Patrician is pure bulk — grab a copy from any dollar bin without hesitation. Bulk commons and uncommons like this rarely move in price, so there's no urgency and no risk either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.