Budget Commander: Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Commander / EDH Budget WUB (Esper)

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Creature (11)

• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sphinx of Lost Truths
• 1x Sphinx Summoner
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

Land (38)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 4x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Tranquil Cove
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Greed

Artifact (16)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dispeller's Capsule
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Scourglass
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Instant (21)

• 1x Azorius Charm
• 1x Banishing Stroke
• 1x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Punish Ignorance
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Utter End

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Survival Cache
• 1x Terminus

Commander (1)

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Because I am a budget player, this deck was constructed for the Commander format with the condition that its total value could not exceed $100.00. The value of each these cards was based on the Medium price rating for each card on TCGPlayer.com, in order to avoid inaccurately high or low prices. I hope that this decklist can be of use to other budget players, or simply any player looking for a fun casual deck that can be easily assembled. Enjoy!

Due to the sheer variance of the Commander format, I can't list every card interaction for this deck. I can, however, provide a broad description for how the deck is played.

At its heart, this is a control deck. It doesn't feature any game-ending combos or massive locks, just your typical control components on the huge scale of the Commander format. This is because I believe the deck is more fun to play and to play against this way, which is closer to the spirit of a casual format like this one.

Your first few turns will often be spent playing taplands and dropping mana artifacts, nothing crazy. After that, you might counter a spell here or even wipe the board if somebody is getting out of control more quickly than usual. The main intention here is to keep the board clean and to quietly gain card advantage. Oloro, Ageless Ascetic should be gaining you 2 life a turn, so this will provide a healthy buffer to keep early aggro from stinging you much.

In the midgame you'll really want to start coming ahead in card advantage. This deck features many engines for doing so, and several tutors are available in case you're missing the cards you need. Be careful with the Transmute mechanic however; browsing through your deck looking for a card to choose can be frustrating for the other players if you don't know what you're looking for. Be courteous.

Once the lategame hits, you should be drawing several more cards per turn than your opponents. The high removal density of this deck means that you'll probably have the tools you need to shut down whatever the other players are trying to throw at you. At this point, it's time to finish the game. This deck features several large flying creatures, some of which are very resilient to removal. If you're having trouble making something stick, try finding a pair of Swiftfoot Boots before you put your beater into the fray.

If another player has generated a large life total, remember that Magister Sphinx can put any player on a two-turn clock, regardless of what their life total is.

To play this deck more effectively, try to learn the little synergies that many of its cards share with one another. There's a lot going on here if you know where to look!

Aside from that, just remember that Commander is a political format. Try to make friends earlygame, and don't wipe the board unless somebody is really out of control. That tends to miff people a little.

You might find that the other players will gang up on you if your life total gets too high, so you should never feel shy about spending some of that life on a big spell. The trick here is to keep under the radar until you really have control of the game. If you can pull that off, you'll have won before anybody else at the table even knows what happened.

You can find the exact price listings for all of the cards in this deck at the link below.

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• (Note that these prices may have fluctuated since this deck was created)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 38 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Folders	EDH Decks I am Interested in Building/Taking Inspiration From, Building