Sipping from the Cup of Life

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

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Instant (1)

• 1x Beacon of Immortality

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x Dark Tutelage
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Solitary Confinement
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Zur's Weirding

Artifact (4)

• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sun Droplet
• 1x Venser's Journal

Creature (7)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Land (36)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 3x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Prison Term
• 1x Sphere of Safety

Artifact (14)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Creature (6)

• 1x Baleful Force
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Custodi Squire
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

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Maybeboard

Instant (7)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Blossoming Calm
• 1x Dihada's Ploy
• 1x Faithful Mending
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Necrologia
• 1x Union of the Third Path

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Essence Pulse
• 1x Lay Down Arms

Enchantment (29)

• 1x Abiding Grace
• 1x Ajani's Welcome
• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Ashes of the Abhorrent
• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Bastion of Remembrance
• 1x Blight Mound
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Cleric Class
• 1x Contemplation
• 1x Griffin Aerie
• 1x Lich's Mastery
• 1x Life Insurance
• 1x Lifetap
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Righteous Cause
• 1x Sigarda's Splendor
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Vile Consumption
• 1x Volrath's Dungeon
• 1x Words of Worship

Artifact (10)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Cosmos Elixir
• 1x Profane Memento
• 1x Scrapheap
• 1x The Book of Exalted Deeds
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Professor Onyx

Creature (91)

• 1x Angel of Destiny
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Anointer Priest
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Astarion, the Decadent
• 1x Ayara, First of Locthwain
• 1x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
• 1x Celestine, the Living Saint
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Commissar Severina Raine
• 1x Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Dawnhart Geist
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Defiler of Faith
• 1x Defiler of Flesh
• 1x Distinguished Conjurer
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Dread Presence
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Fleshtaker
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1x Gixian Puppeteer
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Faithful
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Heron of Hope
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kamber, the Plunderer
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
• 1x Knight of Dawn's Light
• 1x Knight of Dusk's Shadow
• 1x K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1x Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
• 1x Leonin Elder
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Nykthos Paragon
• 1x Oji, the Exquisite Blade
• 1x Paladin of Atonement
• 1x Panicked Bystander  ^Flip
• 1x Patron of the Kitsune
• 1x Plague Drone
• 1x Queza, Augur of Agonies
• 1x Ratchet, Field Medic  ^Flip
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Regal Bloodlord
• 1x Regna, the Redeemer
• 1x Resplendent Angel
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Rodolf Duskbringer
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Serra Paragon
• 1x Shabraz, the Skyshark  ^Flip
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Shard of the Nightbringer
• 1x Shattered Angel
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Sister Hospitaller
• 1x Sister Repentia
• 1x Solitude
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Spectrum Sentinel
• 1x Student of Ojutai
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Tenured Inkcaster
• 1x Thieving Amalgam
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Twinblade Paladin
• 1x Underworld Coinsmith
• 1x Valkyrie Harbinger
• 1x Vampire Scrivener
• 1x Veinwitch Coven
• 1x Verrak, Warped Sengir
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Voice of the Blessed
• 1x Witch of the Moors
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

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This is my take on an Esper Control/Combo EDH deck with Oloro as the commander.

The Idea: Use Oloro's lifegain and card draw abilities to the fullest extent possible in order to put some distance between me and opponents (Both in life and CA). I'm not as concerned with how much life I gain as opposed to how many triggers I can get with Oloro. So recurring effects such as Auriok Champion, Sun Droplet, Blood Artist, and Crypt Ghast's Extort are invaluable. Paradox Haze is there to allow for upkeep shenanigans with Oloro, Ivory Tower, Sun Droplet, Venser's Journal, Baleful Force, Dark Tutelage, and Phyrexian Arena.

Pillowfort Package:

I have included a limited Pillowfort Package which includes Ghostly Prison, Solitary Confinement, and Sphere of Safety. Maze of Ith also helps keep Commanders from reaching that vital 21st point of damage.

The Wincons:

Knowledge Pool + Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Sanguine Bond/ Exquisite Blood + Vizkopa Guildmage

Beacon of Immortality + Vizkopa Guildmage

Mindslicer + Zur's Weirding + Board Wipe

Felidar Sovereign/ Test of Endurance

A big Debt to the Deathless

The Question:

Is there anything that I need to have, or need to take out? Any players have experience with Oloro either with or against him? Any little bit of advice helps!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Exquisite Blood + Vizkopa Guildmage Knowledge Pool + Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Beacon of Immortality + Vizkopa Guildmage Mindslicer + Zur's Weirding
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 5 Mythic Rares 25 - 19 Rares 12 - 16 Uncommons 6 - 6 Commons
Cards	59
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G