Elenda, the Dusk Rose (Commander) - Budget Core

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Sep 18, 2025
How To Play Vampires Differently in Commander
If you want to play a Vampire deck but are concerned that it'll be the same as every other Vampire deck, this is the article for you.
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Grave Venerations
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Sanctum Seeker
58%inclusion51 decks88 decks
53%synergy
Legion Lieutenant
57%inclusion50 decks88 decks
52%synergy
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
49%synergy
Indulgent Aristocrat
50%inclusion44 decks88 decks
45%synergy
Champion of Dusk
44%inclusion39 decks88 decks
41%synergy
Cordial Vampire
47%inclusion41 decks88 decks
39%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
45%inclusion40 decks88 decks
39%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
56%inclusion49 decks88 decks
38%synergy
Martyr of Dusk
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
36%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
33%synergy
Top Cards
Cruel Celebrant
58%inclusion51 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Viscera Seer
49%inclusion43 decks88 decks
28%synergy
Blood Artist
48%inclusion42 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Village Rites
47%inclusion41 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Mortify
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Teysa Karlov
41%inclusion36 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Vampiric Rites
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Welcoming Vampire
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
39%inclusion34 decks88 decks
32%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Creatures
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
29%synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
29%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Elenda's Hierophant
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Forerunner of the Legion
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
27%synergy
Edgar, Charmed Groom
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Oathsworn Vampire
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
22%synergy
Vona, Butcher of Magan
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
22%synergy
Wispdrinker Vampire
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
24%inclusion20 decks83 decks
20%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Elenda, Saint of Dusk
22%inclusion13 decks59 decks
17%synergy
Markov Baron
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Bishop of the Bloodstained
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Bishop of Rebirth
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Indulging Patrician
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Bloodline Necromancer
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Twilight Prophet
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Crossway Troublemakers
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Patron of the Vein
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Order of Sacred Dusk
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Dusk Legion Sergeant
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Corpse Knight
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
5%synergy
High-Society Hunter
17%inclusion10 decks59 decks
14%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
16%inclusion11 decks67 decks
11%synergy
Vicious Conquistador
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Amalia Benavides Aguirre
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Redemption Choir
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Tithe Drinker
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
-7%synergy
Markov Purifier
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Bloodwitch
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Gifted Aetherborn
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Accursed Marauder
12%inclusion9 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Plaguecrafter
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Blood Seeker
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Bloodcrazed Paladin
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Astarion, the Decadent
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Master of Dark Rites
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Instants
Despark
36%inclusion32 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
-33%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
31%inclusion27 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Undying Malice
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Fracture
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Dispute
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
18%synergy
Utter End
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Astarion's Thirst
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Feign Death
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Murder
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Path to Exile
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
-36%synergy
Nasty End
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Return to Dust
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-13%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Altar's Reap
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Moment of Craving
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Bleed Dry
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Infernal Grasp
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Urge to Feed
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Make a Stand
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Costly Plunder
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Disenchant
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Valorous Stance
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Doom Blade
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Fanatical Offering
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Moment of Triumph
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-34%synergy
Zealous Persecution
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Blood Pact
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Another Chance
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Szat's Will
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Bitter Triumph
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Harsh Sustenance
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Tragic Slip
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Sanguine Sacrament
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Sorceries
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Olivia's Wrath
28%inclusion25 decks88 decks
24%synergy
Victimize
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Call to the Feast
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
23%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Read the Bones
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Queen's Commission
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Austere Command
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Exsanguinate
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Slash the Ranks
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
13%synergy
New Blood
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Damn
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
-21%synergy
Vindicate
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Arterial Flow
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Feast of Blood
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Bone Shards
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Macabre Waltz
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Gruesome Fate
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Divine Reckoning
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Revoke Existence
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Dread Return
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Recover
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Starfall Invocation
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
3%synergy
Merciless Eviction
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
1%synergy
Unearth
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Unburial Rites
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
By Invitation Only
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Fumigate
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-2%synergy
Eaten Alive
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Bone Splinters
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Single Combat
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Ghost Lantern
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Heirloom Blade
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Wedding Invitation
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Skullclamp
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-20%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
6.8%inclusion4 decks59 decks
6%synergy
Culling Dais
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Etchings of the Chosen
34%inclusion30 decks88 decks
27%synergy
March of the Canonized
32%inclusion28 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Feast of the Victorious Dead
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Sanguine Bond
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Legion's Landing
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Intangible Virtue
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Radiant Destiny
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Lunar Convocation
13%inclusion9 decks70 decks
2%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
-18%synergy
Promise of Aclazotz
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Profane Procession
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Necrosynthesis
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Gift of Fangs
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Kindred Boon
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Squire's Devotion
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Eternal Thirst
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Gift of Orzhova
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
19%inclusion17 decks88 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
-11%synergy
Mortuary Mire
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Bojuka Bog
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
-23%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Restless Fortress
10%inclusion9 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
3%synergy
High Market
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-3%synergy
Witch's Cottage
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
-16%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75%inclusion66 decks88 decks
-9%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion59 decks88 decks
-14%synergy
Orzhov Signet
56%inclusion49 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
21%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
8%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
26%inclusion23 decks88 decks
-27%synergy
Marble Diamond
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
12%synergy
Fellwar Stone
16%inclusion14 decks88 decks
-5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
7%synergy
Orzhov Locket
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-6%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion88 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion88 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion64 decks88 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of Silence
59%inclusion52 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
13%synergy
Scoured Barrens
55%inclusion48 decks88 decks
31%synergy
Tainted Field
47%inclusion41 decks88 decks
-5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
43%inclusion38 decks88 decks
20%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
40%inclusion35 decks88 decks
-1%synergy
Caves of Koilos
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
-20%synergy
Evolving Wilds
38%inclusion33 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Isolated Chapel
33%inclusion29 decks88 decks
-33%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
30%inclusion26 decks88 decks
25%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
11%synergy
Voldaren Estate
25%inclusion22 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
24%inclusion21 decks88 decks
15%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
17%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion20 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
20%inclusion18 decks88 decks
-4%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
17%inclusion15 decks88 decks
6%synergy
Silverquill Campus
15%inclusion13 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Opal Palace
13%inclusion11 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Forlorn Flats
11%inclusion9 decks83 decks
5%synergy
Misty Palms Oasis
11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
9%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
-12%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
9.1%inclusion8 decks88 decks
4%synergy
Desolate Mire
8.0%inclusion7 decks87 decks
-7%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
0%synergy
Fetid Heath
8.0%inclusion7 decks88 decks
-31%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.8%inclusion6 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Thriving Moor
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy
Obscura Storefront
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
2%synergy
Thriving Heath
5.7%inclusion5 decks88 decks
3%synergy