The Immortal Rose

Commander / EDH Aristocrats Battlecruiser Casual Tokens Vampires WB (Orzhov)

JRaynor

Land (36)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x High Market
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 10x Plains
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Ramp (8)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy

Sacrifice Outlets (5)

• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Spawning Pit *list*
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Emergency Exile Measures (2)

• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Anguished Unmaking

Inspire Sacrifice (12)

• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Harsh Mercy
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Fraying Omnipotence
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Tragic Arrogance
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

Elenda Rising (8)

• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Cordial Vampire
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Mace of the Valiant
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Cathars' Crusade

Revival (5)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Lifeline

Tutors (4)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory

Protection (1)

• 1x Teferi's Protection

Commander (1)

Sacrificial Lambs (9)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Requiem Angel

Riches of the Immortal (6)

• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Anthems (2)

• 1x Captivating Vampire
• 1x Divine Visitation

Aristocrats (1)

• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim

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Other (4)

• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Worldslayer
• 1x Command the Dreadhorde

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"I fall only to rise, and rise again. The world doesn't realize yet that it all exists as a sacrifice for me. From the smallest goat to the dragons' Evening Star, they will all fall to make me stronger." - The Path of the Immortal Rose.

I'm doing a lot of things here. Battlecruiser, Tokens, Reanimator, and Lifegain, with a small side of Aristocrats. We're not all in on anything except buffing Elenda to extremes and making it difficult to get her to go away.

Considering doing an Anita Blake themed write up for this deck. I'm a little rusty on my lore, but Elenda is a dead ringer for Laura K. Hamilton's famous Vampire Hunter and the bajillion vampire tokens Elenda spawns are humorously reminiscent of the numerous Vampiric lovers the Sucubus-powered Necromancer took over the course of the series. Just gotta figure out how to fit in a couple of were-wolf animals to call, and see if I can do it without comprising the integrity of the deck here. My other themed decks so far have all utilized partner commanders to ease the burden of theme with extra flexibility.

Tested and Rejected

Blood Artist and company - I'm not trying to build a dedicated Aristocrats deck.

Fallen Ideal - Outclassed by more expensive cards like Phyrexian Altar. It's amazing the first time you play it, but ultimately you will want to sacrifice Elenda and even though Fallen Ideal returns to your hand, the fact that you have to recast this makes it less desirable than something that sticks to the field. Still I'd give this a 75% rating. It does what you want to do very well and is super budget.

Indulgent Aristocrat - I found this guy to perform really well in an Edgar Markov deck, but surprisingly the lack of a second 1/1 body on cast makes this fellow significantly less useful here. Bad body, bad sac outlet, and bad anthem effect. Sure it lines up with what you want on multiple axes, but not strong enough in any one category to be worth the include here.

Patron of the Vein - Great card. Anthem effect for your tokens and Elenda, Removal, graveyard hate, and a good body. Very expensive mana cost though. I only removed it because my curve is so high already. It's good enough to consider an include though.

Species Specialist - I tested and realized my deck has too diverse a cast of tokens. Would be great for a more dedicated vampires list.

Supernatural Stamina - You can send her back to the command zone now in a pinch, so I don't find this one-off card to be a continued include. I swapped it out for Life Line to allow for more big sac chains.

Krav, the Undredeemed and Regna, the Redeemer - Just too high on the curve for an already top heavy deck. Great cards nonetheless! I might make space for them again at some point.

Hatred - It's cool but it's also requires you to pay the life as part of the cost to cast the card... so if you get countered... the life is still gone. Maybe I'd play it for kicks if it weren't a reserve list card that's not exactly cheap and also not especially good anywhere else.

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aristocrats 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Battlecruiser 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Snake 1/1 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Folders	Cool decks, Saved Decks, Vampires (mardu)