U loose by El-duderino

Format: Commander

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Esper control and combo deck leverages Oloro, Ageless Ascetic to generate steady passive life advantage from the command zone without needing to cast its commander. The primary strategy focuses on assembling an infinite life-gain and life-drain loop using Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Enduring Tenacity. Supported by efficient black mana acceleration (Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Culling the Weak) and reliable tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Enlightened Tutor), the deck reliably threatens game-ending loops by Turn 5. It controls the tempo of the table through asymmetric taxes and hate pieces including Leyline of the Void, Authority of the Consuls, Notion Thief, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, while protecting its execution with Grand Abolisher, Teferi's Protection, and targeted countermagic. Alternate win conditions like Bolas's Citadel with Aetherflux Reservoir and Felidar Sovereign ensure redundant paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Seeker
  • 1 Blood Tribute
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gifted Aetherborn
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose