Hope Again by sock_exe

Format: Commander

Commander: Hope Estheim

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Hope Estheim is a UW control-combo deck that turns life gain into mass mill. The primary plan is to land Hope early, use lifegain doublers and Bruvac the Grandiloquent to transform Beacon of Immortality into a one-shot mill-out of all opponents. The deck also contains a backup Bruvac + Traumatize/Maddening Cacophony line and an Aetherflux Reservoir alternate win. It controls the early game with counterspells, Propaganda, and tax pieces like Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, then wins in a single explosive end step after resolving Beacon of Immortality. There is no double-faced commander; Hope's face is the only relevant identity.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boon Reflection
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hope Estheim
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Maddening Cacophony
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Traumatize
  • 1 Will, Scion of Peace