Oloro's Heavy Hand

Commander / EDH Control Lifegain WUB (Esper)

kwaggg

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 8x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Killing Wave
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Plague of Vermin
• 1x Storm Herd
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (18)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tainted Sigil
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Test of Endurance
• 1x Wound Reflection

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Beacon of Immortality
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Descend upon the Sinful
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Instant (2)

• 1x Azorius Charm
• 1x Orzhov Charm

Artifact (4)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Pristine Talisman

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Celestial Convergence
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Mystic Remora

Creature (3)

• 1x Darien, King of Kjeldor
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Silent Arbiter

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ajani Goldmane
• 1x Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Land (1)

• 1x Inventors' Fair

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With this deck, the strategy is to use removal and board wipes early and often to keep opponents in line, racking up extra life with permanents that will speed up your life gain (ie. Soul Warden, Boon Reflection) and drawing into additional life gain, removal, or WinCons. Taking advantage of that life gain, with something like Vizkopa Guildmage or Well of Lost Dreams, is key to whittling down opponents and ensuring you will have an answer in hand. With the board under control, you can play more high-impact cards (true control is sitting at 120 life with an Aetherflux Reservoir on the field). I have had a ton of fun playing this deck so far, and it has been pretty successful in my token-filled meta.

As a whole, the deck is chock full of removal and life-related effects, is EXTREMELY resilient in regard to life total, and is unsurprisingly hard to beat down, short of Commander Damage.

Currently in the process of tuning and balancing, finding the right balance of board wipes, card advantage, protection, and additional wincons, all possibilities seen in the Maybeboard. Suggestions are welcome!

Notable Combos

1.Blood Artist + any board wipe

2.(Soul Warden or Soul's Attendant or Suture Priest) + Storm Herd

3.(Soul Warden or Soul's Attendant or Suture Priest) + Plague of Vermin

4.Aetherflux Reservoir + Tainted Sigil

5.Vault of the Archangel + (Serra Avatar or tons of rats or pegai)

6.Exquisite Blood + (Vizkopa Guildmage or Sanguine Bond)

Many of these combos are aided or massively improved by other cards, such as Boon Reflection, Rhox Faithmender, or Wound Reflection, and many of the cards included in these combos have powerful interactions with each other, even if not listed here. The focus on life gain and draining opponents' life totals means you often are taking huge chunks out of your opponents in a single turn

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	RG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Horse 5/5 W, Pegasus 1/1 W, Horror */* C, Rat 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure
Based on	Ole/Oloro kwaggg EDH