Elena and Anzor by eabbott1229

Format: Commander

Commander: Elenda and Azor

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Esper midrange deck utilizes Elenda and Azor to convert continuous card draw into an overwhelming army of 1/1 lifelink Vampire Knight tokens. Supported by dense 2-mana artifact ramp and black rituals, the deck reliably casts its commander by Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, attack-step draw triggers and end-step token generation produce wide board states that pressure life totals through combat and aristocrat drain from Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, Cruel Celebrant, and Kambal, Profiteering Mayor. The deck protects its engine using versatile counterspells, Teferi, Time Raveler, and spot removal like Void Rend. When combat stalls, an alternate two-card win condition in Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation provides instant closure. Draw engines such as Consecrated Sphinx, Skullclamp, and Notion Thief ensure deep card flow and disruptive hand denial, creating a resilient and well-rounded game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda and Azor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Tolarian Winds
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Verrak, Warped Sengir
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispering Madness