Oloro by UmbraKins

Format: Commander

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper lifegain combo-control strategy commanded by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic. By leveraging Oloro's passive eminence trigger from the command zone, the deck steadily accumulates a substantial life total buffer without expending mana or cards. It establishes early defense through potent pillowfort enchantments such as Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Sphere of Safety, effectively neutralizing opposing aggressive strategies. Meanwhile, efficient card engines like Black Market Connections, Necropotence, and Esper Sentinel dig into the deck's interactive spells and redundant win conditions. The primary path to victory is an infinite life-drain loop pairing Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Enduring Tenacity. Once both halves are assembled and any life is gained or lost, the loop instantly eliminates all three opponents in a single turn cycle.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani Goldmane
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crested Sunmare
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Dr. Beverly Crusher
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Enchanted Evening
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
  • 1 Opalescence
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Pariah
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Speaker of the Heavens
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Witch of the Moors