Lotta Life Vampires by joghurtesser

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov lifegain deck helmed by Elenda, Saint of Dusk aims to gain life through a dense suite of lifelink creatures, extort triggers, and incidental payoffs, then convert that life into opponent life loss via repeatable drain effects. The primary win condition is assembling an infinite life-drain loop using Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Sanguine Bond, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, or Enduring Tenacity. Secondary wins come from Aetherflux Reservoir, large X spells like Exsanguinate and Debt to the Deathless, or the alt-win condition Felidar Sovereign. The commander grows as you gain life and carries hexproof from instants, acting as a resilient threat that pressures life totals while you set up the combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mask of Griselbrand
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Fleshgorger
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sage of the Skies
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vault Skirge
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Veinwitch Coven
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams