All Hope Is Lost by tuesdaythrowscards

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Azorius control deck converts lifegain into lethal mill using Hope Estheim. Early turns focus on deploying low-cost lifegain permanents like Soul Warden and Auriok Champion alongside pillowfort enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda. By mitigating incoming damage and generating steady life triggers, the deck activates Hope Estheim's end-step ability to consistently deplete opposing libraries. The mid-game leverages asymmetric stax and sweepers like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Ashes of the Abhorrent, and Farewell to suppress opposing board states and shut down graveyard-based strategies. On Turn 6, the deck pivots into critical onset by deploying game-ending payoffs such as Felidar Sovereign at elevated life totals or resolving kicked Maddening Cacophony. The deck closes games swiftly within one to two response cycles while holding countermagic to protect its board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Ashes of the Abhorrent
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Doctor Strange, Surgeon
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drawn from Dreams
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Honor the Fallen
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul