Hope - "It's All or Nothing!" by PITBEAST352

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius Lifegain Combo-Control list led by Hope Estheim. It controls the game pace using asymmetric stax and tax pieces like Drannith Magistrate, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, and Blind Obedience, which slow down opposing aggression and prevent graveyard abuse. Early soul sisters such as Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant fuel continuous lifegain triggers, powering card draw engines like The Gaffer and Haliya, Guided by Light. The primary win condition is the compact two-card infinite combo of Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista, which deals lethal damage across the entire table in a single turn. Preemptive protection pieces like Grand Abolisher and Voice of Victory ensure the combo resolves safely through opposing interaction. If the primary combo is disrupted, the deck pivots seamlessly into powerful secondary win conditions, including Aetherflux Reservoir, Felidar Sovereign, or massive mill bursts powered by Hope Estheim and Bruvac the Grandiloquent.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rest in Peace
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul