Infinity Hope by user5294211

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Azorius deck, helmed by Hope Estheim, weaves life gain and opponent mill into a single cohesive strategy. Hope Estheim's end-step mill scales with the life you gained that turn, so every lifelink creature, life-doubling enchantment, and life-triggered payoff feeds the primary win condition. Secondary win conditions include Aetherflux Reservoir, Felidar Soverign, and infinite-mana lines via Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake into Walking Ballista. The deck also packs a mill subtheme independent of the commander with Bruvac the Grandiloquent, Maddening Cacophy, and Sphinx's Tutelage. While the deck has a strong life-gain core, its tutor density is minimal, and many of its powerful effects rely on the commander staying on the battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang, Ascendant Airbender
  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Angelic Accord
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Famished Paladin
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heaven-Sent Marvel
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Joo Dee, Public Servant
  • 1 Journey to Nowhere
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leonin Warleader
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loki's Double
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Oblivion Ring
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Resplendent Mentor
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sphinx's Tutelage
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace