Elenda the Dusk Rose

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Sacrifice Tokens Tokens Vampires WB (Orzhov)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Bartolome del Presidio
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
• 1x Champion of Dusk
• 1x Charismatic Conqueror
• 1x Clavileno, First of the Blessed
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Crossway Troublemakers
• 1x Dusk Legion Sergeant
• 1x Elenda's Hierophant
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Legion Lieutenant
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Master of Dark Rites
• 1x Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
• 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Order of Sacred Dusk
• 1x Paladin of Atonement
• 1x Patron of the Vein
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Redemption Choir
• 1x Sanctum Seeker
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan

Artifact (7)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Heirloom Blade
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 9x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shineshadow Snarl
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Voldaren Estate
• 1x Windbrisk Heights

Instant (8)

• 1x Astarion's Thirst
• 1x Feign Death
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Undying Malice
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Village Rites

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Sorin Markov
• 1x Sorin the Mirthless
• 1x Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x Legion's Landing  ^Flip
• 1x March of the Canonized
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Radiant Destiny

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Damn
• 1x Kaya's Wrath
• 1x New Blood
• 1x Olivia's Wrath
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Slaughter the Strong
• 1x Vindicate

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Sideboard

Creature (20)

• 1x Bloodbond Vampire
• 1x Bloodcrazed Paladin
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Bloodletter of Aclazotz
• 1x Bloodline Necromancer
• 1x Bloodtracker
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Dusk Legion Zealot
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Indulgent Aristocrat
• 1x Indulging Patrician
• 1x Martyr of Dusk
• 1x Oathsworn Vampire
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Timothar, Baron of Bats
• 1x Welcoming Vampire *f-pre*
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Cultist of the Absolute
• 1x Etchings of the Chosen
• 1x Greed
• 1x Inspiring Leader
• 1x Kindred Boon
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Promise of Aclazotz

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Pact of the Serpent
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Wrath of God

Instant (7)

• 1x Despark
• 1x Final Payment
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Supernatural Stamina

Artifact (6)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Glass-Cast Heart
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

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Innistrad Block 3 rolled around and I wanted to make a Vampires deck, went with Elenda and didn't pull much Orhzov Vampire tribal. I started around Ixalan so I'm happy to do some Dusk Legion flavor.

Plan and Win Con

The main plan is to get Elenda on the field and have her start looking at people die and get big. Set up sac engines, tribal anthems, and blood artists and then these are the ways you win.

1. Elenda Commander Damage
2. Flood the board with Vampire tokens
3. Blood Artist drain triggers
4. Nuke people with Aetherflux Reservoir

Sorins are in the deck to do various things beyond flavor, such as making vampires, and draining, doing 30 damage to people with a -3

There are a lot of undying effects so you can have Elenda die, giving you your tokens, and then she comes back, it's very useful to protect her while also allowing her to make tokens and still be on board. Another thing you can do with undying effects is based on how the ordering of death triggers works, you can have her come back before any other triggers happen. For example, if you had Grave Pact on board and you Feign Death and sacrifice Elenda she would die, make however many tokens, come back from Feign Death, then the Grave Pact trigger happens, so she can then get counters from your opponents sacrificing to Grave Pact.

Comments and Criticisms are welcome, it's not optimal but it's also kind of a fluffy list.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 4 Mythic Rares 47 - 15 Rares 13 - 21 Uncommons 12 - 8 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Blood, City's Blessing, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Goat 0/1 W, Monarch Emblem, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 WB, Vampire 2/3 B, Vampire Demon 4/3 WB