---
name: "Markov Baron"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Noble"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Lifelink", "Madness", "Convoke"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "MAT-14"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ina Wong"
oracle_id: "bafc2e11-5f1c-46f1-a852-2330e099b8e2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/markov-baron-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Markov Baron
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Noble
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Lifelink, Madness, Convoke

## Oracle Text
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Lifelink
Other Vampires you control get +1/+1.
Madness {2}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Order of Sacred Dusk](/printing/order-of-sacred-dusk-lcc.md) — Creature — Vampire Knight
2. [Markov Patrician](/printing/markov-patrician-isd.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Markov Crusader](/printing/markov-crusader-emn.md) — Creature — Vampire Knight
4. [Twins of Maurer Estate](/printing/twins-of-maurer-estate-soi.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Falkenrath Gorger](/printing/falkenrath-gorger-inr.md) — Creature — Vampire Berserker
6. [Bloodmad Vampire](/printing/bloodmad-vampire-sir.md) — Creature — Vampire Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #MAT-14
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ina Wong
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`