Vampyres by smahon90

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov Vampire aristocrats and lifegain deck establishes board dominance through incremental drains, token generation, and combat pressure. Led by Elenda, Saint of Dusk, the deck rewards life total manipulation by turning the commander into an evasive 10/10 menace lifelinker. Early turns establish mana, token producers like Charismatic Conqueror, and recurring drain engines such as Marauding Blight-Priest. The strategy transitions into midgame attrition through sacrifice synergies with Cruel Celebrant and Dictate of Erebos, ultimately sealing games via overwhelming combat buffs from Cathars' Crusade or Coat of Arms, or triggering infinite life drain using Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Marauding Blight-Priest.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barrensteppe Siege
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Call to the Feast
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clavileño, First of the Blessed
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deathbringer Liege
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Divinity of Pride
  • 1 Drana's Emissary
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Glass-Cast Heart
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Legion Lieutenant
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 March of the Canonized
  • 1 Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Sanctum Seeker
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
  • 1 Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan