New Untitled Deck by Thick_L

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Azorius deck converts lifegain into symmetric milling using Hope Estheim as the primary win condition. By establishing early soul sister permanents such as Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, and Ajani's Welcome, the deck consistently gains life whenever creatures enter the battlefield. These increments are amplified using life-doubling engines like The Wind Crystal and Rhox Faithmender, or trigger multipliers such as Delney, Streetwise Lookout and Wizard's Staff. A well-timed burst lifegain spell like Heliod's Intervention or an extra end-step trigger from Y'shtola Rhul rapidly empties opposing libraries. Defensively, the deck secures its board with efficient counterspells, targeted exile removal, pillowfort enchantments like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, and premier protection spells including Teferi's Protection and Restoration Magic. If the mill strategy is contested, the deck seamlessly transitions into a tall combat plan powered by Heliod, Sun-Crowned +1/+1 counters and an overwhelming Akroma's Will finisher.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorb
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Adventurer's Inn
• 1 Aerith Gainsborough
• 1 Ajani Resolute
• 1 Ajani's Welcome
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Angel of Vitality
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Azorius Charm
• 1 Blighted Steppe
• 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Congregate
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Gogo, Master of Mimicry
• 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
• 1 Griffin Aerie
• 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Heliod's Intervention
• 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1 Hope Estheim
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 8 Island
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Liliana the Faultless
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Permission Denied
• 1 Peter Parker's Camera
• 16 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Radiant Fountain
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Restoration Magic
• 1 Rhox Faithmender
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Riot Control
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Sphinx's Revelation
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 The Book of Exalted Deeds
• 1 The Gaffer
• 1 The Water Crystal
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Venser's Journal
• 1 Visions of Beyond
• 1 Wall of Reverence
• 1 Will, Scion of Peace
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Wizard's Staff
• 1 Y'shtola Rhul