Def no Yshtola by Spades

Format: Commander

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper lifegain control strategy helmed by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic. Oloro provides guaranteed, uninteractable lifegain from the command zone, serving as a reliable fuel source for the deck's extensive suite of drain payoffs and card advantage engines. Early turns focus on accelerating mana via 2-CMC rocks and deploying asymmetric tax pieces like Authority of the Consuls and Kambal, Consul of Allocation. By Turn 4, the deck establishes core value engines such as Well of Lost Dreams, Queza, Augur of Agonies, or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. In the mid game, it scales into overwhelming table-wide life disparity through Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Psychosis Crawler, and Sanguine Bond, or assembles a two-card combo with Drogskol Reaver and Queza, Augur of Agonies. Robust spot removal, uncounterable answers, sweepers, and board protection like Teferi's Protection keep the deck resilient against opposing pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Countersculpt
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dr. Beverly Crusher
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Nazar, the Velvet Fang
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Stark's Ingenuity
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unflinching Hortimancer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Wizard Class