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Oloro Control

Commander / EDH Bracket 4 Control Lifegain Lifelink WUB (Esper)

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Land (38)

Instant (6)

Creature (24)

Artifact (11)

Commander (1)

Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Enchantment (14)

Sorcery (6)

Maybeboard

Creature (2)

Artifact (1)

Land (1)

Sorcery (1)

Enchantment (1)

This deck uses life as a resource to generate card advantage.

There are three ways to win built into the deck:

  1. Bleeding your opponents out with various life drain effects
  2. Big beater creatures
  3. Infinite Combos

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Deck Changes — Feb. 15, 2016
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So Battle for Zendikar block has been good to me. After the release of Oath of the Gatewatch was released, I found a couple of cards that were definite must haves.

To continue with the vampiric life drain theme, I added Cliffhaven Vampire. It was a decent global effect that affects my opponent's equally. Even if Oloro is not cast that is 2 life per opponent per turn.

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim also seemed like a natural fit to this deck. There's a built in repeatable sac outlet with life gain. The secondary ability's restriction is easy to overcome as this deck can gain 10 life rather quickly.

The last card I added was Alhammarret's Archive. This deck loves to draw cards and gain life so it was natural to include this card. Yes, the 5 casting cost is pretty steep, but in the long run, this card can generate a lot of value.

When deciding which cards to take out, I looked at each card's overall impact on the board state. At this point, all of the cards work with Oloro, but a few cards were rather underwhelming. Ajani's Pridemate, rarely was a threat on the board. It took some time to get to be a decent size and it had no evasion. Cradle of Vitality was a decent enchantment, but when it was out, there was rarely a time that I wasn't spending mana on other things. As for Crypt Ghast, the mana doubling was sub-optimal in a three color deck. The Extort ability was nice, but the ghast's casting cost and body couldn't justify the inclusion.

IN: Alhammaret's Archive, Cliffhaven Vampire, Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

OUT: Ajani's Pridemate, Cradle of Vitality, Crypt Ghast

Deck Changes — April 3, 2015
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Card Update — April 13, 2014
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Awesome Combos — March 8, 2014
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