5. Hope Estheim by Orktaku

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Azorius Lifegain/Mill control deck helmed by Hope Estheim, whose end-step trigger mills each opponent for the life gained that turn. The primary plan is to stack lifegain doublers - Rhox Faithmender, Alhammarret's Archive, The Wind Crystal, Angel of Vitality, Cleric Class, and Leyline of Hope - on top of a suite of lifelink creatures, then convert that life total into a win. The cleanest kill is Bruvac the Grandiloquent doubling Maddening Cacophony (kicked) or Space-Time Anomaly to mill opponents out, but the deck also packs a full set of alternate win conditions: Approach of the Second Sun, Test of Endurance, Felidar Sovereign, and Angel of Destiny. A controlling shell of board wipes (Fumigate, Supreme Verdict, Farewell) and a modest counterspell suite keeps the table honest while the life total climbs.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aang, Ascendant Airbender
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aerith Gainsborough
• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Alhammarret's Archive
• 1 Angel of Destiny
• 1 Angel of Vitality
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage's Charm
• 1 Aurelia's Vindicator
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Beacon of Immortality
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
• 1 Celestial Mantle
• 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1 Cleric Class
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Dol Amroth
• 1 Drogskol Reaver
• 1 Dwight Schrute, Hay King
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Evra, Halcyon Witness
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Felidar Sovereign
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Fumigate
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
• 1 Healer's Hawk
• 1 Heliod's Intervention
• 1 Hope Estheim
• 9 Island
• 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
• 1 Leyline of Hope
• 1 Light of Promise
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lone Rider // It That Rides as One
• 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
• 1 Maddening Cacophony
• 1 Marble Diamond
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Nimbus Maze
• 9 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Rhox Faithmender
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Riot Control
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Shadowbringers
• 1 Shu Jing Meteorite
• 1 Sky Diamond
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Space-Time Anomaly
• 1 Steel Seraph
• 1 Sunbond
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syndic of Tithes
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Test of Endurance
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Valkyrie Harbinger
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 1 Will, Scion of Peace