Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

Lifelink

Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda, the Dusk Rose.

When Elenda dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is Elenda's power.

Discussion (51)

rdean14 on Card creation challenge

2 weeks ago

Similar to Giant Oyster and Sand Squid, a card I really want for Modern (maybe in MH2?):

Servent of Unesh

Creature - Bird Wizard

Flying

, , Exert Servent of Unesh: Tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Servant of Unesh remains tapped.

1/1

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Tapping down a creature with a cheap flyer for every two turns seems versatile and good enough to see standard play, at the very least.

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I think it'd likely see Pioneer play, but maybe not Modern, but I like how MH1 included color-shifted mechanics, and thus would place it there.

I'd like to see a legendary card which would be cool in standard/pioneer/modern,

but not in commander, like Tetzimoc, Primal Death or Dragonlord Kolaghan. Commanders like Child of Alara and Elenda, the Dusk Rose aren't what I mean. The fact that you can't directly send a card to the command zone and get its valuable death trigger is not what I mean. I mean cards that fundamentally are difficult to work with the rules of how commander works.

Personally, my Elenda deck just exiles her from the graveyard to the command zone for value or reanimates her. It's not difficult to handle the dies vs. command zone thing.

Suns_Champion on Edh Dilemma

4 weeks ago

Sounds like you want Elenda, the Dusk Rose

• Abilities cap her power at the perfect 7-8 range, but she can obviously be built at lower power levels
• Token/value based, lots of interaction because you want your opponent's creatures to die
• Can control with sac effects or swarm with tokens
• Resilient due to her replacing herself with an army
• Lifegain for when you get teamed on
• Adjustable power level: you can start with no aristocrats or combos or pox strategy, and integrate those as your playgroup matures
• Space to do weird flavorful strategies

Here's my Elenda: Cortez Cowboys | Elenda EDH

griffstick on The EDH Name Game

1 month ago

Elenda, the Dusk Rose

DRmagic2017 on Yet Another Edgar Markov Deck

1 month ago

Hello! I have some suggestions. Boost: Metallic Mimic and/or Adaptive Automaton. Token generators: Legion's Landing  ^Flip, Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, Sorin, Solemn Visitor. Creatures: Taurean Mauler, Vona, Butcher of Magan. "Plan 'B'" (works with life-gaining): Aetherflux Reservoir (in this case True Conviction would be a nice addition too). Tribal artifact: Blade of the Bloodchief. Card advantage/draw/tutor: Sensei's Divining Top, Skullclamp, Castle Locthwain, Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor. Good luck in brewing!

PaulaTicks on Voltron whale wolf thing

1 month ago

Dying Wish doesn't work how you want it to here with your Commander, "dies" means going to the graveyard, and you'll be sending him back to the Command Zone as a replacement effect (same with someone like Elenda, the Dusk Rose). Love the idea though, I immediately thought the pair worked best with the Whalewolf slamming in for huge amounts of damage with green for ramp and pump, thought about Scroll of the Masters? It's takes a bit to get rolling but guaranteed unblockable to get the damage through seems pretty great.

Masterful on Teysa is the True heir to the Orzhov Throne

1 month ago

Hey there! Looks like you have a big focus on tokens in this deck, more so than just death triggers, since I see cards like Ayara, First of Locthwain, Soul's Attendant, etc. For this strategy, I have a few recommendations:

• Elenda, the Dusk Rose is an absolute all-star in Teysa. She grows huge and makes tokens while you do your thing. Because her ability includes two death triggers, she has a ton of synergy with Teysa and the rest of your deck.

• Dark Prophecy and Liliana, Dreadhorde General are both good card draw since they trigger off of token deaths.

• Elspeth, Sun's Champion has insane token output and control-utility without relying on other cards.

• Some of the newer cards, Luminous Broodmoth and Nightmare Shepherd are great for repeating death-triggers and making your board sticky.

• Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is an excellent sac outlet and draw engine (that works with tokens). Plus he provides good utility with his protection from humans, -1/-1 counters, and ability to proliferate.

• Looks like you're a bit light on early ramp. My favorite efficient ramp cards in orzhov are Fellwar Stone, Knight of the White Orchid, Orzhov Signet, Wayfarer's Bauble, and Talisman of Hierarchy.

• With all the tokens you can generate, Divine Visitation would give you insane value. It's also an infinite combo with Requiem Angel and a sac outlet.

• Darkest Hour has good redundancy along with Painter's Servant for the Teysa, Orzhov Scion combo.

• If you want to lean heavier into tokens, Twilight Drover, Cathars' Crusade, Oketra's Monument, Ogre Slumlord, Mentor of the Meek, and Hangarback Walker can help that gameplan.

If you're looking for cards to cut, I have some suggestions, but I can't say for certain. Only you know exactly what your plan is for your deck.

• Beckon Apparition seems weak. It only provides a 1/1 token. If you feel like you need more of this effect, I'd put in Hunted Witness.

• I've found that Lightning Greaves is somewhat underwhelming in Teysa. You're usually pretty resilient to targeted removal since you don't rely on any one creature.

• I wouldn't play Lotus Petal in a non-storm or non-artifact deck, unless I'm missing some sort of combo you have. Petal's temporariness tends to make it less powerful than traditional ramp.

• Vampiric Rites is pretty slow and expensive per draw. I'd rather play one of the draw engines I suggested.

• Similar to Lotus Petal, Mana Vault is pretty temporary. I'd prefer permanent ramp like the ones I suggested. I can see running it though if you really feel like you want to turbo out a big card.

• I'm not sure how consistently you can keep Mox Amber up. It doesn't look like you have a ton of legendary creatures, so I'd prefer more consistent ramp. In practice, if you find you're able to stick a legend really easily to activate it, then it's probably fine.

Again, I can't really tell you exactly what cards to cut, especially since aristocrats has so many viable card choices. It's really up to you how you want to take this advice. Hope these suggestions help.

Meachman on Teysa Karlov the Aristocrat

2 months ago

Teysa, Orzhov Scion could be a nice fit in here with all the afterlife you have, and then with all your tokens, Ethereal Absolution has some potential. And then Elenda, the Dusk Rose is just made for this deck.

Abyssal Gatekeeper is the equivalent of a Merciless Executioner but for death triggers. Ancient Stone Idol makes two beefy tokens on death. Cavalier of Night is nice removal and double revival on its own death.

Suns_Champion on Philosophy Represented

3 months ago

Fun idea.

Humble Defector because I love politics.

Elenda, the Dusk Rose because I love playing unusual and underappreciated cards, cards not meant for commander, and intentionally held back decks.

Dimir Machinations because I only like limited tutors.