New Untitled Deck by russty

Format: Commander

Creator: russty

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Azorius lifegain and mill strategy helmed by Hope Estheim. It converts consistent life increments into asymmetric mill triggers at every end step. The early game establishes cheap lifegain permanents like Soul Warden and Guide of Souls alongside the commander to start eroding opposing libraries on turn 3. The midgame uses life-doublers and amplifiers such as Rhox Faithmender, Delney, Streetwise Lookout, and The Wind Crystal to increase both life totals and mill quantities. It finishes the game either through burst mill combinations using Bruvac the Grandiloquent and Maddening Cacophony or through alternate lifegain win conditions like Felidar Sovereign and Angel of Destiny. While the deck has strong defensive life buffers and efficient creature removal, its lack of tutors makes it reliant on natural draws to assemble decisive finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerial Responder
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Ajani's Sunstriker
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alabaster Host Sanctifier
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Angel of Destiny
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Dazzling Reflection
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hedron Crab
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Invoke the Divine
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Rest for the Weary
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 War Report
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul