This sees a lot of play because it is versatile in which combos it works with but also because it is the most effective card in a few specific applications, the beating of red and green players being the primary one of these but also for other matchups where you need to dominate the board and immediately take all the tempo
If you're playing a combo deck, you may also find yourself mulligan-ing more often to ensure you can get your deck online at a zippy pace
Scythecat Cub It was strange to see Scythecat Cub printed so soon after our next card, since it plays in very similar landfall + counters space at the same cost
I am hoping we have a bunch of 'Desert matters' cards to build fun decks with
A two mana way to get multiple cards into your yard every upkeep is a thing of beauty
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic Lifegain Oloro, Ageless Ascetic | Illustration by Eric Deschamps Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creature (20) Archivist of Oghma Aven Mindcensor Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim Blood Artist Crested Sunmare Dark Confidant Dauthi Voidwalker Drannith Magistrate Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite Esper Sentinel Grand Abolisher Grand Arbiter Augustin IV Kambal, Consul of Allocation Kunoros, Hound of Athreos Ledger Shredder Linvala, Keeper of Silence Opposition Agent Serra Ascendant Venser, Shaper Savant Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose Instant (15) Ad Nauseam Beacon of Immortality Counterspell Cyclonic Rift Dovin's Veto Enlightened Tutor Force of Negation Force of Will Mana Drain Mystical Tutor Reality Shift Swords to Plowshares Teferi's Protection Trickbind Vampiric Tutor Sorcery (8) Damn Demonic Tutor Exsanguinate Farewell Grim Tutor Toxic Deluge Vindicate Windfall Enchantment (13) Authority of the Consuls Black Market Connections Blind Obedience Bloodchief Ascension Celestial Mantle Darksteel Mutation Exquisite Blood Necropotence Rhystic Study Sanguine Bond Smothering Tithe The Meathook Massacre Wound Reflection Artifact (9) Aetherflux Reservoir Alhammarret's Archive Arcane Signet Bolas's Citadel Chrome Mox Mana Vault Sol Ring Uba Mask Well of Lost Dreams Land (33) Ancient Tomb Arid Mesa Bloodstained Mire Bojuka Bog Cabal Coffers City of Brass Command Tower Exotic Orchard Fabled Passage Flooded Strand Gemstone Caverns Godless Shrine Hall of Heliod's Generosity Hallowed Fountain Island x2 Marsh Flats Misty Rainforest Plains x3 Polluted Delta Prismatic Vista Reliquary Tower Scalding Tarn Strip Mine Swamp x2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Urza's Saga Verdant Catacombs Watery Grave Windswept Heath Ive always been a fan of turtle-y cozy Commander decks, and no card does it better than Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
