pain by dxv4231

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius lifegain control deck that converts life total inflation into aggressive mill and sudden alternate win conditions. Commanded by Hope Estheim, the deck deploys low-cost lifegain permanents like Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Guide of Souls to trigger incremental life gains every turn cycle. These triggers fuel Hope Estheim's end-step ability, repeatedly milling each opponent. The deck scales its life total through multipliers such as Rhox Faithmender, Boon Reflection, The Wind Crystal, and Alhammarret's Archive, building up to massive bursts with Beacon of Immortality. To close games, the deck pivots between mill acceleration via Bruvac the Grandiloquent, alternate win conditions including Felidar Sovereign and Test of Endurance, laser damage from Aetherflux Reservoir, and an untutored infinite combo with Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista. A defensive shell of counterspells, targeted exile, and board wipes ensures resilience across long multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Blighted Steppe
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Brokers Hideout
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Chaplain's Blessing
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drogskol Reaver
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Famished Paladin
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fountain of Renewal
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haystack
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Honor the Fallen
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Lucky Offering
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resplendent Mentor
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shabraz, the Skyshark
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace