EDH Esper Lifegain Control

Commander / EDH Budget Control Lifegain WUB (Esper)

TheHengeMage

Creature (27)

• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Adanto Vanguard
• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Angel of Vitality
• 1x Augury Adept
• 1x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Dream Trawler
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Herald of Faith
• 1x Herald of Torment
• 1x Moroii
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Serene Steward
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Silversmote Ghoul
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Speaker of the Heavens
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Stormscape Battlemage
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Vizier of Many Faces
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Dawn of Hope
• 1x Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Land (40)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 6x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 8x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Sejiri Refuge
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Cove

Artifact (8)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Enter the God-Eternals
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Planar Outburst
• 1x Survival Cache
• 1x Unexplained Vision
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Instant (7)

• 1x Dismantling Blow
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Invoke the Divine
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Supreme Will

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

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I decided to take a break from building super competitive decks or decks just chock full of goodstuff cards and wanted to try my hand at building a deck that could be placed around the same power level of the Commander Pre-con decks starting from 2016. Despite this deck not having 3 commander options like a pre-con would, I feel that Oloro is just the best Esper general for this strategy, but Varina, Lich Queen was given some thought due to her lifegain trigger. So I would categorize this as a focused "pre-con" style deck, it knows what its game plan is and mechanics. There are some goodstuff cards in this list yes, but ones that are good for this strategy or help shore up some of the color combination's weaknesses. At the time of writing, this deck is less than $50 when not including Oloro or the basic lands, according to the Market Price filter on MTG Familiar. So far this looks like a fun list to play with others and might even be on par with other pre-con decks if enough testing can be done. Only concern thus far is the color distribution among basic lands.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Vizier of Many Faces 0/0 W, Zombie Army 0/0 B