Hope Estheim by Sereus

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is an Azorius lifegain deck commanded by Hope Estheim, using life gain as fuel for card draw, creature buffs, and a mill win condition via the commander's end-step trigger. The deck employs multiple combo finishers: the classic Painter's Servant + Grindstone infinite mill, Helm of Obedience + Rest in Peace exile combo, and several infinite life loops involving Archangel of Thune or Famished Paladin. It also has alternate win conditions via life total (Felidar Sovereign, Test of Endurance). The strategy is to establish a lifegain engine, draw into combo pieces or protection, and close the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Ruins
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Alhammarret's Archive
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archangel of Thune
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Auriok Champion
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Beacon of Immortality
• 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Congregate
• 1 Cosmic Intervention
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dawn of Hope
• 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exemplar of Light
• 1 Famished Paladin
• 1 Felidar Sovereign
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
• 1 Fumigate
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Grindstone
• 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Heliod's Intervention
• 1 Helm of Obedience
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Hope Estheim
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
• 4 Island
• 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Loran of the Third Path
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Memory Lapse
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 1 Orim's Chant
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Painter's Servant
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Resplendent Angel
• 1 Resplendent Mentor
• 1 Rest in Peace
• 1 Rhox Faithmender
• 1 Rivendell
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Silence
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Space-Time Anomaly
• 1 Sphinx's Revelation
• 1 Strionic Resonator
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1 Test of Endurance
• 1 The Gaffer
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Well of Lost Dreams
• 1 Will, Scion of Peace
• 1 Words of Worship