Life is a tall glass of Mill by TheUrDragonMaster

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Azorius deck leverages Hope Estheim to convert lifegain into symmetrical mill across all opponents. Early turns focus on establishing cheap lifegain triggers like Soul Warden and Guide of Souls alongside the commander. As your life total climbs, the deck scales into game-winning payoffs such as Test of Endurance, Aetherflux Reservoir, and Evra, Halcyon Witness, or assembles the infinite life loop of Famished Paladin and Resplendent Mentor to empty libraries in a single end step. A solid suite of low-cost interaction and hexproof/indestructible protection safeguards key permanents while you advance toward lethal life thresholds.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Campground
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Batterbone
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Celestial Colonnade
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Evra, Halcyon Witness
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Famished Paladin
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hope Against Hope
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Light of Hope
  • 1 Lunar Insight
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Mark of Asylum
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Patient Rebuilding
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Purity
  • 1 Resplendent Mentor
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Speaker of the Heavens
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Unwanted Remake
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace