Elenda, the Dusk Rose by ttarmzz

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Elenda, the Dusk Rose to spearhead an aggressive aristocrats and Vampire tribal strategy. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient early Vampires, sacrifice outlets, and life-drain engines before casting Elenda on Turn 4. Once assembled, the deck deliberately grows and sacrifices Elenda to generate a wide army of lifelink Vampire tokens. These tokens apply overwhelming combat pressure while fueling recurring death triggers through cards like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Grave Pact. The list also features a compact two-card infinite combo in Bloodthirsty Conqueror combined with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, offering an alternate instant-win condition. Efficient removal spells keep opposing threats in check, while reanimation spells ensure resilience against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Captivating Vampire
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Dusk
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Crossway Troublemakers
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Dusk Legion Sergeant
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Olivia's Wrath
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Vein
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Preacher of the Schism
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan