Commander

Hope Estheim

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

745 Wins

2052 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hope Estheim is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,824 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (745–2052) at an Elo of 1,522, ranking #1661 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.32 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hope Estheim's win rate?

Hope Estheim has a 26% win rate across 2824 recorded Playgroup games (745 wins, 2052 losses).

How long do winning games with Hope Estheim take?

Wins with Hope Estheim take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 28 days.

How many decks use Hope Estheim?

969 decks list Hope Estheim as their commander on Playgroup, of which 623 have played at least one recorded game.

Hope Estheim Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1661

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1522

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.32

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 969

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 623

No. games played with this commander 2824

Total hours played 28 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1606	countermom	9	5	56 %
2	1603	AbbathTheMighty	5	4	80 %
3	1582	elscizor	8	4	50 %
4	1577	ShockWave_70	9	7	78 %
5	1569	lacrimeee	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Hope Estheim wins, 75.8% of wins come via mill across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Mill

75.8%

Alternative

9.08%

Combat

7.64%

Non Combat Damage

4.62%

Commander Damage

1.91%

Combo

0.8%

Poison

0.16%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 755 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Hope Estheim

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Hope Estheim decks that leave them out.

+7.6 pp

Top card: Loran of the Third Path

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Loran of the Third Path 73 games	+7.6 pp	73
2	Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 170 games	+4.5 pp	170
3	Roaming Throne Signature build 52 games · Signature build	+4.3 pp	52
4	Command Tower 534 games	+3.6 pp	534
5	War Report 224 games	+2.4 pp	224
6	Blind Obedience 192 games	+2.0 pp	192
7	Martyr of Sands Signature build 42 games · Signature build	+1.7 pp	42
8	Azorius Chancery 201 games	+1.6 pp	201
9	Exemplar of Light 255 games	+1.1 pp	255
10	Riot Control 305 games	+0.1 pp	305

Show 3 more (ranks 11-13)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Strionic Resonator 56 games	+0.1 pp	56
12	Skycloud Expanse 222 games	+0.0 pp	222
13	The Wind Crystal 493 games	+0.0 pp	493

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Hope Estheim wins 31.34% of games from position 1 and 17.91% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.34% n=860

Seat 2

27.28% n=810

Seat 3

23.77% n=648

Seat 4

20.43% n=443

Seat 5

17.91% n=67

Seat 6

25.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hope Estheim wins 28.58% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.58% n=817

1 mulligan

26.15% n=520

2 mulligans

23.95% n=167

3 mulligans

16.98% n=53

4 mulligans

10.0% n=10

5 mulligans

100.0% n=1

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Hope Estheim 3.74/5 on average, across 1963 self-reports.

3.74 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hope Estheim wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.7% of the time across 758 tracked wins.

37.7 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Hope Estheim. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.