Commander

Hope Estheim

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

619 Wins

1671 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Hope Estheim is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,303 recorded Playgroup games, winning 26% of them (619–1671) at an Elo of 1,376, ranking #4604 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 6 damage dealt and 0.35 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Hope Estheim's win rate?

Hope Estheim has a 26% win rate across 2303 recorded Playgroup games (619 wins, 1671 losses).

How long do winning games with Hope Estheim take?

Wins with Hope Estheim take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 23 days.

How many decks use Hope Estheim?

746 decks list Hope Estheim as their commander on Playgroup, of which 479 have played at least one recorded game.

Hope Estheim Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4604

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1376

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 6

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.35

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 746

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 479

No. games played with this commander 2303

Total hours played 23 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	1554	Eric	32	15	47 %
4	1545	aiden reiland	4	3	75 %
5	1540	countermom	7	3	43 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Hope Estheim wins, 75.23% of wins come via mill across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Mill

75.23%

Alternative

9.57%

Combat

7.5%

Non Combat Damage

5.07%

Commander Damage

2.06%

Combo

0.38%

Poison

0.19%

Avg win turn 9.5 based on 628 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.

+4.9 pp

Top card: Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 68 games	+4.9 pp	68
2	Command Tower 270 games	+3.1 pp	270
3	Lifecreed Duo Signature build 73 games · Signature build	+2.3 pp	73
4	Loran of the Third Path Signature build 45 games · Signature build	+1.2 pp	45
5	Prairie Stream 265 games	+0.5 pp	265
6	Rest in Peace Signature build 91 games · Signature build	+0.2 pp	91

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 30.89% of games from position 1 and 12.5% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

30.89% n=654

Seat 2

27.53% n=643

Seat 3

24.9% n=526

Seat 4

21.91% n=356

Seat 5

20.0% n=60

Seat 6

12.5% n=8

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Hope Estheim wins 29.06% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.06% n=683

1 mulligan

27.21% n=419

2 mulligans

23.02% n=139

3 mulligans

20.0% n=45

4 mulligans

11.11% n=9

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 3.75/5 on average, across 1656 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Hope Estheim wins, opponents flag the game as salty 73.8% of the time across 629 tracked wins.

73.8 \%

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.