Oloro's Attrition EDH

Commander / EDH Casual Death and Taxes WUB (Esper)

7MM3

Instant (11)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Vile Consumption

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Venser's Journal

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Ajani Goldmane
• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin Markov

Creature (22)

• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 1x Cliffhaven Vampire
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Evra, Halcyon Witness
• 1x Gideon's Company
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Thrull Parasite
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Reverence

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bad River
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 2x Island
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

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Instant (12)

• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fortune's Favor
• 1x Heliod's Intervention
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blood Tribute
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Hoarder's Greed
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Ajani's Mantra
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Curse of Vitality
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Pillory of the Sleepless
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Subversion

Artifact (8)

• 1x Clearwater Goblet
• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Etherwrought Page
• 1x Fountain of Renewal
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Profane Memento
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Creature (17)

• 1x Accursed Witch  ^Flip
• 1x Agent of Masks
• 1x Bloodbond Vampire
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Epicure of Blood
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Regal Bloodlord
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
• 1x Underworld Coinsmith
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan
• 1x Wall of Limbs

Land (7)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Mage-Ring Network

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The Goal

So I wanted to make a Oloro deck that wasn't just a pure lock out attrition/infinite combo set up. I ended up going with as many On Life Gain triggers as possible, and turned this into a pretty fun +1 counter deck.

Kill Conditions

• Archangel of Thune can end the game on her own, but down a similar vein we have Ajani's Pridemate, Bloodbond Vampire, Karlov of the Ghost Council, and Sunscorch Regent which will all get giant. Sunbond turns any creature into a souped up version of these.
• Blood Artist, Cliffhaven Vampire, Drana's Emissary, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, Obzedat, Ghost Council, Thrull Parasite, Chalice of Life  , and Blind Obedience are all pretty standard attrition.
• Also in the same vein as attrition, but they gain us other advantages, we have Duskmantle Seer, and Twilight Prophet.
• Spell damage is a pretty common win con as well via Sanguine Bond, Vizkopa Guildmage, and Defiant Bloodlord tied to any of our life gain, or things like Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Death Grasp, Debt to the Deathless, and Exsanguinate. Or my personal favorite of Aetherflux Reservoir.
• Finally, if all else fails, mill/outlasting is an option. Jace, Memory Adept's 0 is quite efficient at ending games, and Elixir of Immortality keeps us going in the long run.

Ramp

• Bloodgift Demon, Phyrexian Arena are the obvious choices, since Oloro, Ageless Ascetic completely negates their downsides.
• Jace Beleren and his later counterpart, Jace, Memory Adept function for consistent draw.
• Duskmantle Seer may actually be my favorite card in the deck, and he's putting cards into our hand. Twilight Prophet functions the same, with the bonus of not handing opponents cards.
• Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar is actually absolutely amazing in this deck. There is a decent amount of card draw to trigger it, and there is nothing in the deck relying on a draw trigger that this might mess with. Simply filters our deck to find what we need 3 times faster than otherwise.
• Drogskol Reaver just draws a ridiculous amount of cards...
• Slightly strange inclusions: Lim-Dul's Vault is amazing early to find the things you need to get one of our draw engines up and running. Paradox Haze actually causes a lot of double triggers, and allows our Mirage Mirror function with upkeep effects. Enlightened Tutor will function similar to Lim-Dul's in getting what we need quickly, or if it comes to late, we can find a Aetherflux Reservoir to instantly blow out the game.

Staying Alive

• Vampire Nighthawk to dissuade big scary things swinging in.
• Sorin Markov can pop a lot of combo creatures. Note: Using his -3 may be frowned upon. He's honestly in here for his +2, but if you're feeling like a bad person, go for his -3.
• Anguished Unmaking, Mortify, Utter End, Detention Sphere, Oblivion Ring, and Death Grasp are just straight targeted removal.
• Supreme Verdict and Cyclonic Rift are less targeted removal. Rift at the end of someone's turn, and you can often just win off the swing of that.
• Sphere of Safety keeps people away, as we're sitting on 10 enchants, and can easily be doubled with a Mirage Mirror.
• Along with 3 Counterspell's and a Teferi's Protection if things get real dicey.
• Maze of Ith just cause I'm a bad person.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	*/* W Creature Avatar, Ajani's Pridemate, City's Blessing, Treasure, Vampire Knight 1/1 B