Elenda Saint by user2102069

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 23

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Lifegain Voltron deck focused on accelerating life totals to unlock the massive stat boosts and evasive abilities of Elenda, Saint of Dusk. By utilizing cheap lifelink creatures, lifegain dual lands, and low-cost utility spells, the deck aims to exceed 40 life by Turn 4 and cross 50 life on Turn 5. Once the 50-life threshold is met, Elenda becomes a 10/10 menace lifelinker with innate hexproof from instants, representing a devastating two-turn lethal clock against individual players. The supporting list includes extensive single-target creature removal to clear blockers, secondary lifegain payoffs such as Twinblade Paladin and Ancestor Dragon, and top-end enchantments like True Conviction. While highly resilient against instant-speed interaction, the deck operates via fair, sequential combat steps and lacks fast tutors or combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Ancestor Dragon
  • 1 Arrest
  • 1 Bake into a Pie
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bishop's Soldier
  • 1 Brave Brawler
  • 1 Bronze Walrus
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Desperate Farmer // Depraved Harvester
  • 1 Dimensional Exile
  • 1 Dissection Practice
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Faithbearer Paladin
  • 1 Felidar Savior
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Foot Mystic
  • 1 Grave Birthing
  • 1 Grounded for Life
  • 1 Guarded Heir
  • 1 Guardian Automaton
  • 1 Guardian Idol
  • 1 Hedron Crawler
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Inspiring Overseer
  • 1 Kalastria Healer
  • 1 Kingpin's Enforcers
  • 1 Leaden Myr
  • 1 Loxodon Restorer
  • 1 Luminous Rebuke
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Moment of Craving
  • 1 Mourning Patrol // Morning Apparition
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Navigation Orb
  • 1 Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Resupply
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Reviving Dose
  • 1 Rotfeaster Maggot
  • 1 Roving Harper
  • 1 Sanguine Syphoner
  • 1 Scarblade Scout
  • 1 Scion of Halaster
  • 1 Scorn-Blade Berserker
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Seer's Lantern
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Spread the Sickness
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 True Conviction
  • 1 Twinblade Paladin
  • 1 Unknown Shores
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Wanderer's Strike
  • 1 Warden of the Wall
  • 1 Web Up
  • 1 Well-Worn Spatula
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack