Hope There It Is by blackagar11

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Hope Estheim leads a control deck that translates massive lifegain directly into a lethal mill strategy. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost soul sisters and lifegain multipliers, converting high life totals and huge bursts of life into devastating end-step mill triggers. Complementing this mill engine are alternative win conditions such as Felidar Sovereign, Test of Endurance, and Aetherflux Reservoir. If opponents attempt to mitigate life loss or turtle behind boards, the deck leverages high-impact mill payoffs like Fleet Swallower and Bruvac the Grandiloquent while hiding behind defensive stalwarts like Crawlspace and Propaganda.

Decklist (126 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Aettir and Priwen
  • 1 Ajani's Mantra
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashes of the Abhorrent
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Celestial Mantle
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cut Your Losses
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Doctor Strange, Surgeon
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur II
  • 1 Exorcise
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fleet Swallower
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Fraying Sanity
  • 2 Fumigate
  • 1 Gerrard Capashen
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Golden Urn
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Honor the Fallen
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Martyr of Sands
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nyx-Fleece Ram
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 17 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Righteous Valkyrie
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Serra Paragon
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terisian Mindbreaker
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 War Report
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Wizard's Staff