Drana and Linvala
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Alchemy Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Pre-release Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Standard Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Drana and Linvala

Legendary Creature — Vampire Angel

Flying, vigilance

Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.

Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any colour to activate those abilities.

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Vessiliana on Elenda, the Necromancer

1 month ago

Craeter, thank you for the comment and suggestion! <3 I will consider it. I do like (and have) that Drana and Linvala, but in my meta, the activated ability aspect is not much use, and they don't aid the token plan. But that card is so pretty, though... It is worth considering on that merit alone! :)

Craeter on Elenda, the Necromancer

1 month ago

Since you like Vampires & Angels, maybe Drana and Linvala?

Also good work with this one. decks seem super strong, I'll have to try making one sometime. If I do I'll be coming back here for some inspiration.

zAzen7977 on KAALIA'S CATACLYSM - Aggro/Stax cEDH [MH3 Update]

4 months ago

Hey XinZhao, after a long break I’m back with updates, what do you think? I added Drana and Linvala, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Rakdos, Patron of Chaos, Aven Interrupter, Insatiable Avarice, and High Noon. Also considering Doorkeeper Thrull.

Vessiliana on What is a Man? (a hyper aggro Edgar Markov EDH)

4 months ago

YamishiTheWickedOne, I totally understand the desire for more red. In my meta Drana and Linvala ended up not doing enough, even in my Orzhov vampires deck. There are just not enough activated abilities in my meta.

I think at this point, Florian should probably go. For me, I lean harder into the one-drops than anything else, which means I can keep the red up.

YamishiTheWickedOne on What is a Man? (a hyper aggro Edgar Markov EDH)

4 months ago

@Vessiliana Florian does honestly feel like an obvious cut, but it bugs me to have so little red in this deck. Also, the replacement options are all higher mana. The things I want to include are Baron Bertram Graywater, Vein Ripper, Ruthless Lawbringer, Twilight Prophet, or Drana and Linvala.

PrismMTG on Sorin’s family

8 months ago

https://edhrec.com/commanders/drana-and-linvala/lifegain

I couldn't seem to paste the link in the last comment, here's the EDHREC Drana and Linvala lifegain page

PrismMTG on Sorin’s family

8 months ago

First of all, I just want to start off with saying that as your first build, this is insanely impressive. Regardless of what I might advise that you change, this is a super great first deck.

So, touching on what I think you can improve on the most. The small swings of life won't matter as much as you think they will. Cards like Angel's Feather, Ajani's Mantra, and Ephara's Radiance with the small incremental life gain is not particularly good in a format where you start at 40 life. Cards like Debt to the Deathless are better because later in the game you can pump as much mana as you want into them. I would suggest replacing the above mentioned cards with more creatures with lifelink. You're running a mostly Vampire typal deck with some angels, both of those are great at using lifelink. That will help with the life gain aspect you like while making your deck more effective, both by putting more creatures on the board, and by gaining life in a more proactive way. Overall, I think you definitely need more creatures, Vampires and Angels like to have lots of bodies on the board and 23 is a bit low for that.

Next, I'm looking at your removal and I've got some suggestions there as well. Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares are some of the best pieces of removal in the game and I would highly suggest them. Harsh Sustenance is particularly not great because of you don't have any creatures of board, it's pretty useless. While sacrifice effects can be good, letting out opponents choose what to lose is not as good as getting to destroy something yourself. Granted, I don't know your playgroup, maybe there is a lot of hexproof, or a Voltron deck or something. Regardless, I would drop the sacrifice effects for more targeted removal. Last thoughts on the removal part of the deck, hand destruction effects aren't as great on EDH because you still have 2 other opponents that will have all the cards in their hands. Tbf, there are definitely worse effects, so if you like it, then absolutely, plsu it.

Overall your ramp package is really good, the only thing I would add is Arcane Signet and Talisman of Hierarchy for 2 more 2 mana mana rocks. The 1 damage from Talisman of Hierarchy isn't really going to matter and any deck that is 2 or more colors should be running Arcane Signet imo.

Alright, final thoughts. This is a fantastic first deck and importantly, these are just suggestions that I think would work based on my experience playing and building decks. If you like something and think it's fun, play it, no matter what anyone says.

So, suggestions

Cards I think you should cut Angel's Feather Ajani's Mantra Blood Reckoning Claim of Erebos Ephara's Radiance Harsh Sustenance

Cards I think you should consider adding Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares Arcane Signet Talisman of Hierarchy

Last thing, EDHREC is a fanTASTIC resource when building your decks, I suggest looking at the Vampire or Angel page for suggestions because I think you need more creatures, just pick whatever you like, I would be looks at somehow closer to 30 creatures.

And here is the Drana and Linvala page with a life gain focus because that seems to be up your alley.

Veethevvitch on Queens of the damned (Vampire Tribal)

10 months ago

Icbrgr Thank you very much! :) Drana and Linvala is a fairly new card, it came out in april 2023 with the March of the machines set if I am not mistaken.

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