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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic Commander

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

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My homebrewed commander deck built around Oloro, Ageless Ascetic.

The goal of this deck was to provide as much inevitability as possible. Ideally, you'll get to a position where your opponents slowly get whittled down to nothing while you sit quietly back, doing little more than resisting & deflecting.

Many cards in the deck ended up being Oloro staples, though I didn't review other decklists while building it. Alhammarret's Archive, Sun Droplet, Well of Lost Dreams, Ajani's Mantra, Divinity of Pride, Erebos, God of the Dead, and Psychosis Crawler are all in that category. After reviewing some other decks, I'm adding ,Rhystic Study, Drogskol Reaver, and Lighthouse Chronologist.

More unique additions of my own are all the Kamigawa cards & time warping. It started around the Maro spirits, Kagemaro, First to Suffer, Soramaro, First to Dream, and Kiyomaro, First to Stand. That inspired the addition of Kira, Great Glass-Spinner and Seizan, Perverter of Truth, who has turned out to be an absolute bomb in this deck. I decided to keep going with the flavor of timeless, ageless creatures, so I added in Pearl Lake Ancient and Medomai the Ageless as well.

Since the deck is so creature-light, I wanted plenty of defense, hence Norn's Annex and Dissipation Field. I also went for a pretty full complement of planeswalkers, who serve mainly as distractions to draw out the game even longer, which is ultimately the point. Some commander protection a la Darksteel Plate, Indestructibility, and Gift of Immortality helps make sure Oloro stays in play even through most board wipes.

Finally, with the theme of time in mind, I originally included tons of extra turn cards, but I've since scaled back a bit to just Beacon of Tomorrows, Time Warp, and Lighthouse Chronologist. I also threw in some graveyard hate with Tormod's Crypt and Leyline of the Void to cripple any decks that benefit from building a large graveyard, and prolonging the game even further. There are a few mini-cycles in here, including the 3 applicable Maro creatures, the three applicable Beacons, and the three applicable Ascensions, which was a fun deckbuilding constriction for me.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with it. I could probably power it up pretty significantly, but I wanted to make sure I keep my unique stamp on it, and not have it be just any other Oloro clone. I also don't want it to be too oppressive, like some Oloro decks I've come across.

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 6 months
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

17 - 0 Mythic Rares

38 - 0 Rares

15 - 0 Uncommons

14 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.44
Tokens Copy Clone, Emblem Narset Transcendent, Treasure
Folders Constructed - Commander/EDH
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