Gains, Drains and Maintains

Commander / EDH* Combo Lifegain Tempo WUB (Esper)

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Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 5x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scrubland
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Revival / Revenge
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (22)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sanguine Bond

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Unmake
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (8)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring

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I really wanted to build a slow bleed deck mainly focusing on the Orzhov guild. Then realized Oloro was the best commander and therefore, decided to splash blue in the deck. I mainly run blue for ‘good stuff’ – Hinder , mainly for other commanders, Brainstorm – when is it not good to Brainstorm? – Rhystic Study – another piece to allow me to draw cards or slow my opponents down. Cyclonic Rift – I try to use it for the board wipe. Bribery – when I want your big creatures. As well as, Paradox Haze – works really well with Oloro ☺

Otherwise – I tried to keep it Orzhov. We all know EDH is more politics than actual deck building (generally) so I try to bring everyone down evenly. I like the extort ability in this deck because of the multiplayer nature of this format. (Any other low costing extort creatures are always welcome). Otherwise – I try to play creatures with different triggered abilities to help Oloro. (i.e. Kokusho, the Evening Star , Soul Warden ).

I like to play tutor cards to get my best cards out or find answers. I also, like to play board wipes, as this deck usually does not need creatures to be effective. ( Sanguine Bond works wonders) However, I’ve noticed it can be weak early game to aggressive decks (Rafiq in particular), hence the cheap spot removal.

I much rather exile creatures rather than destroy them as it stops ‘graveyard shenanigans.’

The area’s I am looking for help with are to make it faster – either with better mana ramp or lower costs cards – and just overall good stuff, which I’m sure I’m missing a lot of.

Also - I do not play Auto-win cards. (I.e. Test of Endurance / Felidar Sovereign )

Date added	10 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53