Elas il-Kor / Lurrus Budget by user4117611

Format: Commander

Commander: Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim leads a low-curve Orzhov aristocrats build that uses the companion Lurrus of the Dream-Den as a hidden engine. Every permanent in the 99 is mana value two or less, so Lurrus acts as a one-shot recursive engine each turn. The primary plan is to churn small creatures through sacrifice outlets, with Elas and Cruel Celebrant converting each death into life loss for all opponents; Soul Warden/Impassioned Orator and Dawn of Hope convert the incidental life gain into cards and tokens. Combat is a backup, using cheap evasive/toughness creatures and Unbreakable Formation to close out games that the drain alone cannot finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
  • 1 Angelic Renewal
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Arrester
  • 1 Backup Agent
  • 1 Banish from Edoras
  • 1 Banishing Slash
  • 1 Benalish Sleeper
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bladebrand
  • 1 Boomerang, Blade Flinger
  • 1 Bring to Trial
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cauldron Familiar
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Companion
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Curious Farm Animals
  • 1 Cursed Flesh
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dewdrop Cure
  • 1 Dogged Detective
  • 1 Dwarven Provisioner
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expose to Daylight
  • 1 Flash Thompson, Spider-Fan
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Front Porch Sentries
  • 1 Gollum the Abandoned
  • 1 Grotesque Demise
  • 1 Impassioned Orator
  • 1 Iron Hills Blacksmith
  • 1 Justiciar's Portal
  • 1 Karametra's Blessing
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Loyal Sentry
  • 1 Macabre Waltz
  • 1 Magnificent End
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mourning Thrull
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nurturing Pixie
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Plague Wight
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Ravening Warg
  • 1 Reckoner's Bargain
  • 1 Resolute Watchdog
  • 1 Rise to Glory
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shadow Summoning
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skittering Heartstopper
  • 1 Sky Tether
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Spawning Pit
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 1 Sunstar Expansionist
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble