Oloro Lifegain by AgentGrif

Format: Commander

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper lifegain control deck helmed by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic leverages incremental life gain to fuel card draw and drain opponents. The primary game plan is to stabilize early with defensive creatures and removal, then assemble one of several life-based win conditions: the infinite combo of Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood (or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose), the lethal burst of Aetherflux Reservoir, the conditional win of Test of Endurance, or combat finishers like Angel of Destiny. Oloro provides passive lifegain from the command zone and can turn life gain into card advantage, making the deck resilient to commander removal. The deck is built around synergies like Alhammarret's Archive, Cleric Class, and numerous whenever you gain life payoffs. It plays a controlling midrange game, using board wipes and spot removal to reach critical mass, then closes out with combo or massive life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorb
• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Ajani's Pridemate
• 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• 1 Alhammarret's Archive
• 1 Ancestral Vision
• 1 Angel of Destiny
• 1 Angelic Accord
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Archon of Coronation
• 1 Azorius Guildgate
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Celestial Unicorn
• 1 Charming Prince
• 1 Cleric Class
• 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Consuming Vapors
• 1 Crypt Ghast
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Deadly Tempest
• 1 Debt to the Deathless
• 1 Defiant Bloodlord
• 1 Dimir Guildgate
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Doomskar
• 1 Dovin, Grand Arbiter
• 1 Duskmantle Seer
• 1 Elspeth Resplendent
• 1 Epicure of Blood
• 1 Erebos's Intervention
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exquisite Blood
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Halimar Depths
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Heliod's Intervention
• 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 4 Island
• 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1 Kor Celebrant
• 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
• 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
• 1 Lonely Sandbar
• 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1 Meandering River
• 1 Mortify
• 1 Mortuary Mire
• 1 New Benalia
• 1 Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
• 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
• 1 Orzhov Guildgate
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Read the Bones
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Righteous Valkyrie
• 1 Sanguine Bond
• 1 Sanguine Sacrament
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 1 Scroll Rack
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Sejiri Refuge
• 1 Serra Avatar
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul of Eternity
• 1 Speaker of the Heavens
• 1 Storm Herd
• 1 Stormscape Familiar
• 1 Submerged Boneyard
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Tainted Remedy
• 1 Test of Endurance
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Undercover Operative
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Utter End
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vanishing Verse
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1 Wound Reflection