Commander

Hope Estheim

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

704 Wins

1947 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hope Estheim is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,693 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (704–1947) at an Elo of 1,482, ranking #3960 globally.

Wins average 9 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.33 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hope Estheim's win rate?

Hope Estheim has a 26% win rate across 2693 recorded Playgroup games (704 wins, 1947 losses).

How long do winning games with Hope Estheim take?

Wins with Hope Estheim take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 26 days.

How many decks use Hope Estheim?

898 decks list Hope Estheim as their commander on Playgroup, of which 591 have played at least one recorded game.

Hope Estheim Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3960

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1482

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 0.33

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 898

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 591

No. games played with this commander 2693

Total hours played 26 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1603	AbbathTheMighty	5	4	80 %
2	1582	elscizor	8	4	50 %
3	1577	countermom	8	4	50 %
4	1577	ShockWave_70	9	6	67 %
5	1554	Eric	32	15	47 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Hope Estheim wins, 75.71% of wins come via mill across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Mill

75.71%

Alternative

9.15%

Combat

7.65%

Non Combat Damage

4.66%

Commander Damage

2.0%

Combo

0.67%

Poison

0.17%

Avg win turn 9.4 based on 713 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.

+5.9 pp

Top card: Loran of the Third Path

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Loran of the Third Path 67 games	+5.9 pp	67
2	Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 146 games	+3.3 pp	146
3	War Report 208 games	+2.4 pp	208
4	Exemplar of Light 231 games	+1.2 pp	231
5	Blind Obedience 180 games	+1.1 pp	180
6	Skycloud Expanse 201 games	+0.4 pp	201
7	Temple of Enlightenment 134 games	+0.2 pp	134
8	Guide of Souls 145 games	+0.0 pp	145
9	Mangara, the Diplomat 197 games	+0.0 pp	197
10	Riverchurn Monument 180 games	+0.0 pp	180

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 30.87% of games from position 1 and 18.18% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.87% n=813

Seat 2

26.77% n=777

Seat 3

23.75% n=619

Seat 4

20.79% n=416

Seat 5

18.18% n=66

Seat 6

25.0% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hope Estheim wins 27.98% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

27.98% n=781

1 mulligan

26.61% n=496

2 mulligans

22.01% n=159

3 mulligans

17.65% n=51

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 3.73/5 on average, across 1885 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hope Estheim wins, opponents flag the game as salty 39.1% of the time across 716 tracked wins.

39.1 \%

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.