Elenda V.2 by Shwaney

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Orzhov Aristocrats strategy led by Elenda, the Dusk Rose. The deck focuses on assembling sacrifice outlets such as Viscera Seer, Bartolomé del Presidio, and Ashnod's Altar alongside recursive creatures and token generators. Once Elenda enters the battlefield, any creature death puts +1/+1 counters on her, rapidly growing her power. When she dies, she explodes into a wide swarm of 1/1 white Vampire tokens with lifelink. Aristocrat payoffs like Blood Artist, Cruel Celebrant, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim convert these token deaths into direct life drain against the entire table. The deck utilizes explosive card draw from Skullclamp and Dark Prophecy to sustain resources and leverages mass reanimation like Living Death to seal games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent Venom
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blight Mound
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Butcher of Malakir
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cordial Vampire
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Prophecy
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Gas Guzzler
  • 1 Gifted Aetherborn
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indulgent Aristocrat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Master of Dark Rites
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nether Traitor
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pawn of Ulamog
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rite of Oblivion
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Harvest
  • 1 Spawning Pit
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Tomb Fortress
  • 1 Vampire Cutthroat
  • 1 Vampire Gourmand
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan