They see me gainin, they hatin...

Commander / EDH Lifegain WUB (Esper)

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Creature (20)

• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Clone
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Scuttling Doom Engine
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Wall of Reverence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Land (40)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x New Benalia
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Springjack Pasture
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Greed
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Underworld Connections

Artifact (11)

• 1x Chalice of Life  ^Flip
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sun Droplet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (10)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Dromar's Charm
• 1x Fated Retribution
• 1x Fated Return
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Reckless Spite
• 1x Spin into Myth
• 1x Spinal Embrace

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

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Creature (3)

• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Exquisite Blood

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They tryin to catch me drawin some cards...

Oloro is the new chamillionaire

This deck basically tries to win by abusing Oloro, Ageless Ascetic as much as possible, mostly using his lifegain ability. The deck also has a lot of card advantage. The reanimation spells also work with this, as when I am over 7 cards I can discard my fatties and reanimate them. This doesn't work when I have Relinquary Tower out, but I think the card advantage takes precedence there. Reanimating something like Sphinx of the Steel Wind just feels awesome, even if I'm not cheating it in early. My favorite part about this deck is that I don't really have to cast Oloro to take advantage of his ability. There are plenty of other engines in the deck that work with lifegain, so he can sit in his chair as long as he likes.

Also has a subtle artifact theme coming from the original deck. Took most of those cards out though.

Combos:Paradox Haze: 2 upkeeps means gain life twice. Indestructibility + Nevinyrral's Disk board wipe for 1 every turn]] Well of Lost Dreams is one of the best cards in the deck with Oloro's lifegain ability. Sanguine Bond and Vizkopa Guildmage make other people lose the life I gain, which is where this deck wants to be.

Also, a lot of the orzhov cards I have in my standard deck deck: You Will Obey, Blindly will be in here once they cycle out (such as Blood Baron of Vizkopa and Obzedat, Ghost Council ).

suggestions are welcome. I am relatively new to this format, so help would be appreciated.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Indestructibility + Nevinyrral's Disk
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.23
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Goat 0/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink
Folders	Commander, Commander Decks, EDH