Commander

Hope Estheim

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

677 Wins

1861 Losses

Overview

Summary

Hope Estheim is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,570 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (677–1861) at an Elo of 1,438, ranking #4528 globally.

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

Last full refresh 1 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hope Estheim's win rate?

Hope Estheim has a 26% win rate across 2570 recorded Playgroup games (677 wins, 1861 losses).

How long do winning games with Hope Estheim take?

Wins with Hope Estheim take on average 9 turns. Total tracked play time: 27 days.

How many decks use Hope Estheim?

838 decks list Hope Estheim as their commander on Playgroup, of which 550 have played at least one recorded game.

Hope Estheim Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4528

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1438

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Global Elo trend

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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 838

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 550

No. games played with this commander 2570

Total hours played 27 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, 75.17% of wins come via mill across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Mill

75.17%

Alternative

9.48%

Combat

7.59%

Non Combat Damage

4.83%

Commander Damage

2.07%

Combo

0.69%

Poison

0.17%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 687 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.

+6.9 pp

Top card: Loran of the Third Path

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Loran of the Third Path Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+6.9 pp	63
2	Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 124 games	+4.8 pp	124
3	Exemplar of Light 199 games	+3.3 pp	199
4	Blind Obedience 159 games	+2.1 pp	159
5	Mistrise Village Signature build 37 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	37
6	Prairie Stream 351 games	+1.5 pp	351
7	Command Tower 375 games	+0.7 pp	375
8	Mangara, the Diplomat 173 games	+0.7 pp	173
9	War Report 186 games	+0.5 pp	186
10	Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow 41 games	+0.4 pp	41

Show 2 more (ranks 11-12)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Confidence	Games
11	Skycloud Expanse 176 games	+0.4 pp		176
12	Austere Command 58 games	+0.1 pp		58

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 30.97% of games from position 1 and 18.75% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.97% n=775

Seat 2

27.03% n=740

Seat 3

23.69% n=591

Seat 4

21.34% n=403

Seat 5

18.75% n=64

Seat 6

22.22% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hope Estheim wins 28.07% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

28.07% n=757

1 mulligan

27.53% n=465

2 mulligans

22.08% n=154

3 mulligans

18.37% n=49

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 1818 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hope Estheim wins, opponents flag the game as salty 75.8% of the time across 690 tracked wins.

75.8 \%

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.