Azorius Mill, The Weird Wheel by Thunderthruster

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Azorius life-gain/mill deck built around Hope Estheim aims to gain life through a dense suite of ETB lifegain triggers and then convert that life into mill pressure via the commander's end-step ability. Secondary win conditions include Felidar Sovereign and Test of Endurance for a life-total victory, and Aetherflux Reservoir for a direct damage kill. The mill plan is supported by Sphinx's Tutelage and Psychic Corrosion, while Bruvac the Grandiloquent doubles the mill output. The deck packs a solid interaction suite of counterspells, removal, and board wipes, but lacks meaningful tutors, making its execution heavily reliant on drawing into the right pieces. It is a slow, grindy control deck that aims to outlast opponents and win through incremental advantage or a life-total threshold.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Honor the Fallen
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nimbus Maze
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sphinx of the Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Struggle for Project Purity
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Tutelage
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 War Report
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight