Hope Estheim by user2308077

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Azorius lifegain-and-mill deck is commanded by Hope Estheim, whose end-step ability mills opponents for an amount equal to the life you gained that turn. The primary game plan is to deploy a dense suite of lifegain triggers - Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, Ajani's Welcome, Hinterland Sanctifier, and Haliya, Guided by Light - then double those gains with Rhox Faithmender, Leyline of Hope, Doctor Strange, Surgeon, and The Wind Crystal. The mill payoff comes from Hope herself, backed by Psychic Corrosion, Maddening Cacophony, Fractured Sanity, and The Mindskinner. Alternate win conditions in Test of Endurance and Felidar Sovereign provide a resilient second channel. The deck supplements its plan with a solid interaction suite of counterspells (Counterspell, Absorb, Dovin's Veto), premium removal (Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile), and board wipes (Supreme Verdict, Farewell) to control the table until the lifegain engine overwhelms opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Charm
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Doctor Strange, Surgeon
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Roads Go Ever, Ever On
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Senate Guildmage
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Shadowbringers
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Wild Rose Rebellion
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Wizard's Staff