Linden, the Steadfast Queen

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Linden is a 3/3 vigilance for {W}{W}{W} that drains 1 life per attacking white creature, making her a lifegain engine in white-creature-heavy and tokens-go-wide decks. Her pip-heavy cost locks her into mono-white or near-mono-white shells, and she needs a wide board of attackers to generate meaningful value. She's decent in lifegain payoff shells but is outclassed by more impactful lifegain engines in higher-bracket Commander.

• Linden's trigger fires once per attacking white creature — in a tokens-go-wide shell swinging with 10+ white creatures, she can generate 10+ life in a single attack step, which enables large lifegain payoffs like Aetherflux Reservoir.

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• Her triple-white pip cost ({W}{W}{W} for 3cmc) effectively limits her to mono-white or predominantly white commander decks, making her much weaker as a support piece in multicolor lifegain commanders.

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• Linden pairs particularly well with Ajani's Pridemate and other life-per-gain-event payoffs rather than raw life-total payoffs, since she triggers once per creature rather than once per combat.

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• EDHREC rank: #6,409