ItSjUstVaMpIrEsBro by user3454313

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Aristocrats and Lifedrain Combo list led by Elenda, the Dusk Rose. The strategy leverages token generation, sacrifice outlets, and life-drain synergies to control the board while setting up decisive win conditions. It establishes early board presence through value creatures, stax elements like Drannith Magistrate, and efficient card-draw engines like Skullclamp and The One Ring. The deck's primary victory route utilizes redundant two-card infinite loops combining Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Marauding Blight-Priest to instantly drain all opponents to zero. Backup lines include explosive storm turns with Bolas's Citadel, overwhelming vampire token swarms doubled by Teysa Karlov, and attrition locks via Grave Pact. Supported by efficient Orzhov removal and silence protection from Grand Abolisher, the deck transitions seamlessly between board control and instant-speed game finishes.

Decklist (98 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arterial Flow
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 1 Desecrated Tomb
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dream Beavers
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Identity Crisis
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nine-Lives Familiar
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Vampire Hexmage
  • 1 Vein Ripper
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voldaren Estate
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow