Elenda, SoD Lifegain by Banjo-man

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain and Voltron midrange build commanded by Elenda, Saint of Dusk. The primary strategy focuses on gaining life in the early turns using low-cost permanents like Soul Warden and Authority of the Consuls. This life buffer allows Elenda to enter on Turn 4 and quickly cross the 50-life threshold when attacking on Turn 5. Once active, Elenda becomes a 10/10 creature with lifelink, menace, and built-in hexproof from instant-speed spells, providing both a rapid commander damage clock and massive life stabilization. The deck supports this game plan with dense, low-mana protection spells to counter sorcery-speed board wipes and spot removal. Efficient white and black removal spells keep dangerous opposing threats off the board. Secondary threats like Voice of the Blessed, Twinblade Paladin, and alternate win conditions like Felidar Sovereign ensure the deck can maintain high board pressure and close out multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adept Watershaper
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Courage
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Aven Interrupter
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Brought Back
  • 1 Can't Stay Away
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Decode Transmissions
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
  • 1 Forum of Amity
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Reverse Damage
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take Heart
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Twinblade Paladin
  • 1 Unexpected Fangs
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Withering Curse