Oloro by user4635478

Format: Commander

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

Led by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, this Esper control deck leverages passive life gain from the command zone to fuel a durable attrition and pillowfort strategy. The deck accumulates an expansive life buffer early through Oloro's eminence ability and defensive lifegain permanents like Pristine Talisman and Sun Droplet. It stabilizes the battlefield with targeted removal (Darksteel Mutation, Reckless Spite) and versatile board wipes (Toxic Deluge, Nevinyrral's Disk), while utilizing Crawlspace to deter wide combat assaults. Once stabilized, the deck transitions into the late game by drawing cards through engines like Well of Lost Dreams and Greed. Victory is achieved either by draining the table through Sanguine Bond and Vizkopa Guildmage or by attacking with overwhelming threats such as Serra Avatar, Divinity of Pride, and Sphinx of the Steel Wind. While vulnerable to tap-land tempo loss and lack of fast tutors, its resilient high life total creates significant staying power against casual tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Authority
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Augury Adept
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Guildgate
  • 1 Azorius Herald
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Brilliant Plan
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cradle of Vitality
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Curse of Inertia
  • 1 Curse of Shallow Graves
  • 1 Curse of the Forsaken
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Death Grasp
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Disciple of Griselbrand
  • 1 Diviner Spirit
  • 1 Divinity of Pride
  • 1 Dromar's Charm
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Famine
  • 1 Filigree Angel
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Hooded Horror
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon"
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Marrow Bats
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Order of Succession
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Phyrexian Delver
  • 1 Phyrexian Gargantua
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Raven Familiar
  • 1 Razor Hippogriff
  • 1 Reckless Spite
  • 1 Rupture Spire
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Serene Master
  • 1 Serra Avatar
  • 1 Sharding Sphinx
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
  • 1 Spinal Embrace
  • 1 Springjack Pasture
  • 1 Stormscape Battlemage
  • 1 Sun Droplet
  • 1 Survival Cache
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sydri, Galvanic Genius
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Tempt with Immortality
  • 1 Thopter Foundry
  • 1 Tidal Force
  • 1 Tidehollow Strix
  • 1 Tower Gargoyle
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams