Saint Elenda’s Eternal Life by caffox

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Elenda, Saint of Dusk leads an Orzhov lifegain-and-drain deck that uses every life-gain trigger to grow her and simultaneously bleed opponents. The primary plan is to establish a repeatable life-gain engine (Oath of Kaya, Bastion of Remembrance, Vito) and convert those triggers into damage via Blood Artist, Epicure of Blood, and Marauding Blight-Priest. A strong aristocrat subtheme with sacrifice outlets and death triggers, doubled by Teysa Karlov and Drivnod, creates token swarms and chip damage. Exsanguinate serves as a late-game mana sink to close out the table, while the old Elenda, the Dusk Rose provides a second army when sacrificed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodbond Vampire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Aerialist
  • 1 Captivating Cave
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Deathbringer Liege
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dire Tactics
  • 1 Dramatic Finale
  • 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emerge from the Cocoon
  • 1 Epicure of Blood
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feast of the Victorious Dead
  • 1 Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
  • 1 Fiendish Panda
  • 1 Firja, Judge of Valor
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer
  • 1 Humiliate
  • 1 Hunted Witness
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Kaya, Intangible Slayer
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Ministrant of Obligation
  • 1 Mister Negative
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Muster the Departed
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Oath of Kaya
  • 1 Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Remorseful Cleric
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Rite of the Moth
  • 1 Ritual of Rejuvenation
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Star Charter
  • 1 Starseer Mentor
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 The Fair Basilica
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Umbral Expanse
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane