Offer: I gain life, and you mill by raingore

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Hope Estheim to convert sustained lifegain into symmetrical table-wide mill. In the early turns, it establishes a defensive pillowfort with Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Authority of the Consuls while accumulating life through Soul Warden, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun, and lifelink creatures. Midgame card engines like The Gaffer and Well of Lost Dreams keep resources flowing. The deck closes games around Turn 6 to 7 by casting Beacon of Immortality with Hope in play, doubling its life total to mill out all opponents on their subsequent draw steps, or through alternate win conditions like Felidar Sovereign, Test of Endurance, Bruvac the Grandiloquent with kicked Maddening Cacophony, or Approach of the Second Sun. Robust countermagic and protection spells guard the decisive win turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cut Your Losses
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Fraying Sanity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff