Hope Life/Mill by Glendog

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Hope Estheim is the deck's engine: lifegain turns into opponent mill every end step. The deck establishes a Soul Warden-style creature/etb life engine, then multiplies it with Rhox Faithmender, Alhammarret's Archive and The Wind Crystal. Fraying Sanity and Wizard's Staff convert each end step into multiple mill triggers, while Riverchurn Monument, Ruin Crab, Jidoor and Kitsune's Technique provide an independent milling backup. Felidar Sovereign is a legitimate alternate win if the deck can keep 40 life. No hidden commander exists; both sides of double-faced roleplayers (Jidoor as land/adventure, Lunarch Veteran's disturb) support the same plan. The deck is intentionally slow but packs enough removal and protection to reach its late-game loop.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashes of the Abhorrent
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avengers Hangar
  • 1 Bard the Bowman
  • 1 Basri's Acolyte
  • 1 Battle Menu
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Containment Priest
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Dawn of Hope
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Felidar Sovereign
  • 1 Fraying Sanity
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Healer of the Pride
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 1 Invoke the Divine
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Knight of Dawn's Light
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Martyr of Sands
  • 21 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rest for the Weary
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Rosa, Resolute White Mage
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Sanguine Sacrament
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sigarda's Splendor
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul