So, should you play Mono-Black Persist Combo in Historic
However, if you take her out of that precon and slot her into any number of Life gain decks or even put her at the helm of a deck itself shes going to prove to be a reliable and Powerful engine piece
I include this card as tech against any blue player that loves to draw cards and really lay on some punishment to them: if the creature dies, it comes back to our hand to be replayed again and again, like Rancor, if Rancor scaled with hand size
- except its not very satisfying to yell out about someone activating it
Elenda benefits from conditional hexproof against instants which make up much of the best targeted removal in Commander, and with white and black's ability to stall and gain life, the bonus of evasion and a potential 10/10 commander is real and relevant
As we can see in many Hammertime decks, it is often the only reason to play black as it is so good at slowing down anything your opponents might be doing