Oloro's Citadel

Commander / EDH Competitive Control Infinite Combo Lifegain Midrange WUB (Esper)

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Land (29)

• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Island
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Creature (2)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Thassa's Oracle

Instant (27)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Trickbind
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Sickening Dreams
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Transmute Artifact

Commander (1)

Artifact (22)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Bolas's Citadel *f-pre*
• 1x Mox Opal

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries *f-pre*

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Creature (7)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Divining Witch
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Instant (4)

• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Spoils of the Vault

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Unlife

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Peer into the Abyss
• 1x Restore Balance

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lotus Bloom

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"Esper Gain Life Do Stuff Guy"

This is a competitive Esper midrange deck, drifting away from the traditional Zur deck. We use our incremental life gain throughout the game to not only stay alive in my creature heavy meta, but also give us the necessary padding and triggers we need for our game ending combos. It's an adaptive deck, able to play either the long grind, with enough countermagic and removal to hold the table in check, or race for the combo finish. (Over 90% of wins come by t6, a little less than half goldfish t4 or sooner).

Your life total is a resource for this deck, and it exploits it to its fullest, running cards like Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and the decks namesake, Bolas' Citadel. We use the incremental life gain given to us by our Commander's passive effect to continue to grind the most value out of these cards as possible.

The main combo lines are through Citadel: Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top , Bolas's Citadel + Mana Severance + Sensei's Divining Top , Bolas's Citadel + Doomsday . Topdeck tutors are also incredibly strong in this deck, especially with Citadel on the field, as a single topdeck tutor ripped off the top usually leads to a win in the same turn.

This deck is primarily a fast combo deck, looking to assemble either a Citadel line, or Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle , within the first four to six turns of the game. Although this deck is running its share of interaction, and can usually answer interaction and force its combo through, its also incredibly resilient in the long game, able to control the board before winning through attrition.

The first few turns are typically filled with either ramping mana, tutoring for one of our many wincons, or interacting with the table so that we cam pull a win in the late game.

Any feedback, comments, or upvotes would be greatly appreciated!

Hope you draw lands and spells!

Top Ranked	Achieved #24 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #13 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Competitive 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Bolas's Citadel + Mana Severance + Sensei's Divining Top Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top Bolas's Citadel + Doomsday Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.01
Tokens	Treasure
Folders	EDH, Decks I want to build, commander tabletop sim