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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Legion Lieutenant
63%inclusion58 decks92 decks
57%synergy
Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle
58%inclusion53 decks92 decks
51%synergy
Sanctum Seeker
57%inclusion52 decks92 decks
51%synergy
Indulgent Aristocrat
51%inclusion47 decks92 decks
46%synergy
Champion of Dusk
49%inclusion45 decks92 decks
45%synergy
Cordial Vampire
52%inclusion48 decks92 decks
44%synergy
Bartolomé del Presidio
61%inclusion56 decks92 decks
43%synergy
Butcher of Malakir
48%inclusion44 decks92 decks
41%synergy
Vampiric Rites
43%inclusion40 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
35%synergy
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Cruel Celebrant
60%inclusion55 decks92 decks
33%synergy
Village Rites
52%inclusion48 decks92 decks
30%synergy
Viscera Seer
50%inclusion46 decks92 decks
28%synergy
Teysa Karlov
47%inclusion43 decks92 decks
30%synergy
Blood Artist
46%inclusion42 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Mortify
42%inclusion39 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Etchings of the Chosen
41%inclusion38 decks92 decks
34%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Welcoming Vampire
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
24%synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
32%synergy
Creatures
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Martyr of Dusk
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
34%synergy
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Forerunner of the Legion
37%inclusion34 decks92 decks
35%synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
36%inclusion33 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Vindictive Vampire
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
30%synergy
Edgar, Charmed Groom
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
28%synergy
Elenda's Hierophant
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
20%synergy
Wispdrinker Vampire
32%inclusion27 decks85 decks
28%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Ruthless Lawbringer
30%inclusion24 decks80 decks
26%synergy
Oathsworn Vampire
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
24%synergy
Markov Baron
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Dusk Legion Zealot
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
22%synergy
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Corpse Knight
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Bishop of the Bloodstained
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Dusk Legion Sergeant
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Patron of the Vein
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
-3%synergy
Vona, Butcher of Magan
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Twilight Prophet
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Bloodline Necromancer
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Bishop of Rebirth
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
17%synergy
Indulging Patrician
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Baron Bertram Graywater
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
12%synergy
High-Society Hunter
18%inclusion9 decks51 decks
15%synergy
Elenda, Saint of Dusk
18%inclusion9 decks51 decks
13%synergy
Order of Sacred Dusk
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Amalia Benavides Aguirre
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Vicious Conquistador
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Redemption Choir
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
-6%synergy
Tithe Drinker
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Crossway Troublemakers
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Vampire Nighthawk
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Accursed Marauder
14%inclusion10 decks71 decks
7%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Vampire of the Dire Moon
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Preacher of the Schism
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Malakir Bloodwitch
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Master of Dark Rites
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Bishop of Binding
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Markov Purifier
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Bloodcrazed Paladin
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Paladin of Atonement
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Vampire Gourmand
10%inclusion5 decks51 decks
9%synergy
Instants
Despark
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Undying Malice
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
29%synergy
Swords to Plowshares
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
-34%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Deadly Dispute
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Astarion's Thirst
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Fracture
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Feign Death
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
16%synergy
Utter End
17%inclusion16 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Path to Exile
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
-33%synergy
Murder
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Return to Dust
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Rootborn Defenses
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Moment of Craving
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Nasty End
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Moment of Triumph
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Fanatical Offering
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Unbreakable Formation
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Hero's Downfall
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Make a Stand
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Dark Ritual
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-15%synergy
Altar's Reap
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Disenchant
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Urge to Feed
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Another Chance
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Bitter Triumph
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Costly Plunder
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Gravkill
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Depressurize
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Demonic Gifts
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Go for the Throat
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Not Dead After All
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Doom Blade
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Szat's Will
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Bleed Dry
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Breathe Your Last
5.7%inclusion4 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Valorous Stance
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Anguished Unmaking
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-34%synergy
Blood Pact
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Zealous Persecution
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Abnormal Endurance
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Tragic Slip
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Stroke of Midnight
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-9%synergy
Sorceries
Olivia's Wrath
34%inclusion31 decks92 decks
29%synergy
Victimize
30%inclusion28 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Sign in Blood
28%inclusion26 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Call to the Feast
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
23%synergy
Read the Bones
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Queen's Commission
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
16%synergy
New Blood
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Austere Command
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
-4%synergy
Feed the Swarm
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Slash the Ranks
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Arterial Flow
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Vindicate
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Exsanguinate
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Damn
11%inclusion10 decks92 decks
-22%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
0%synergy
Tragic Arrogance
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Divine Reckoning
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Rite of Oblivion
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Gruesome Fate
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Feast of Blood
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Bone Shards
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Macabre Waltz
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
By Invitation Only
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Promise of Loyalty
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Starfall Invocation
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
3%synergy
Bone Splinters
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Martial Coup
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Single Combat
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Eaten Alive
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Recover
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Barter in Blood
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Fumigate
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Unburial Rites
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Pact of the Serpent
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Final Vengeance
5.1%inclusion3 decks59 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
-3%synergy
Ghost Lantern
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Glass-Cast Heart
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Tarrian's Journal
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
10%inclusion5 decks51 decks
9%synergy
Blackblade Reforged
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Wedding Invitation
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-12%synergy
Dusk Rose Reliquary
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Skullclamp
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-19%synergy
Hylderblade
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Heirloom Blade
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Bloodthorn Flail
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Culling Dais
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
World Map
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
The Masamune
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Feast of the Victorious Dead
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
26%synergy
March of the Canonized
32%inclusion29 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Sanguine Bond
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Radiant Destiny
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
14%synergy
Promise of Aclazotz
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Legion's Landing
14%inclusion13 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Lunar Convocation
14%inclusion9 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Intangible Virtue
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
-17%synergy
Profane Procession
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Gift of Fangs
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Hidden Stockpile
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Kindred Boon
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Eternal Thirst
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Squire's Devotion
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Cultist of the Absolute
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Necrosynthesis
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
6%synergy
Glasswing Grace
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-2%synergy
Black Market
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Tocasia's Welcome
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
1%synergy
Canonized in Blood
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Arguel's Blood Fast
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
15%synergy
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
18%inclusion17 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Utility Lands
Rogue's Passage
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Bojuka Bog
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
-22%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Mortuary Mire
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Temple of the False God
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Restless Fortress
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Windbrisk Heights
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
7.0%inclusion5 decks71 decks
2%synergy
High Market
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-16%synergy
Hidden Courtyard
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75%inclusion69 decks92 decks
-10%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion62 decks92 decks
-13%synergy
Orzhov Signet
57%inclusion52 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Commander's Sphere
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
21%synergy
Mind Stone
35%inclusion32 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
27%inclusion25 decks92 decks
-26%synergy
Marble Diamond
20%inclusion18 decks92 decks
13%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
15%inclusion14 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
13%inclusion12 decks92 decks
-8%synergy
Thought Vessel
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-6%synergy
Orzhov Cluestone
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Orzhov Locket
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Prismatic Lens
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion92 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Plains
100%inclusion92 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
73%inclusion67 decks92 decks
-14%synergy
Temple of Silence
53%inclusion49 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
51%inclusion47 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Scoured Barrens
50%inclusion46 decks92 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Field
49%inclusion45 decks92 decks
-3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
43%inclusion40 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
43%inclusion40 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
39%inclusion36 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Caves of Koilos
38%inclusion35 decks92 decks
-19%synergy
Isolated Chapel
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
-36%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
29%inclusion27 decks92 decks
25%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Voldaren Estate
25%inclusion23 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
24%inclusion22 decks92 decks
18%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion21 decks92 decks
-2%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
21%inclusion19 decks92 decks
12%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
16%inclusion15 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Silverquill Campus
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
7%synergy
Opal Palace
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
9%synergy
Forlorn Flats
11%inclusion9 decks80 decks
6%synergy
Goldmire Bridge
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Ash Barrens
8.7%inclusion8 decks92 decks
5%synergy
Desolate Mire
8.3%inclusion7 decks84 decks
-7%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-13%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
7.6%inclusion7 decks92 decks
-1%synergy
Fetid Heath
6.5%inclusion6 decks92 decks
-31%synergy
Glasswing Grace
5.6%inclusion4 decks71 decks
-2%synergy
Thriving Heath
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy
Thriving Moor
5.4%inclusion5 decks92 decks
3%synergy