pillowfort hell updated by user2839841

Format: Commander

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Oloro, Ageless Ascetic deck uses an Esper lifegain pillowfort and midrange strategy. It relies on Oloro's eminence ability along with low-cost creatures like Soul Warden, Creeping Bloodsucker, and Authority of the Consuls to trigger life gain every turn. These triggers grow large beaters like Ajani's Pridemate, Bloodthirsty Aerialist, and Voice of the Blessed, while Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Marauding Blight-Priest turn that lifegain into direct damage. Defensively, the deck uses damage-prevention auras, sturdy walls, and enchantments like Propaganda, Silent Arbiter, and No Mercy to slow down opposing attacks. While resilient against aggressive creature decks, the list suffers from tapped lands, low ramp density, and no stack interaction or tutors. As a result, it closes games through multi-turn combat rather than fast combos, starting its engine around turn 4 and threatening lethal damage around turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A.I.M. Labs
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bloodbond Vampire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Aerialist
  • 1 Bubble Matrix
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Cat Collector
  • 1 Celestial Unicorn
  • 1 Citizen V, Helmut Zemo
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Defang
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Energy Field
  • 1 Everdawn Champion
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frontline Strategist
  • 1 Gaseous Form
  • 1 General's Kabuto
  • 1 Ghostly Possession
  • 1 Gideon Blackblade
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gossamer Chains
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Guard Gomazoa
  • 1 Heart of Light
  • 1 Hidden Retreat
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Inviolability
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Muzzle
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sandskin
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Seraph of the Sword
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Sivitri, Dragon Master
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Statecraft
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Wall of Shadows
  • 1 Wall of Vapor
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams