Sunken Hope

The "Sunken Hope" deck is a Bant (Green-Blue-White) midrange/control deck in the Historic format, focusing on value and tempo disruption through creature-based synergies. The central strategy revolves around the card Sunken Hope, which forces players to return a creature to their hand each turn, leveraging this effect to repeatedly trigger powerful enter-the-battlefield (ETB) abilities.

Key cards like Thragtusk, Acidic Slime, Flametongue Kavu, and Restoration Angel provide removal, life gain, and board control while generating incremental value. Mystic Snake and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir offer counterspell capabilities and protect your board state. Aether Vial helps cheat creatures into play at instant speed, maximizing ETB effects. Fertile Ground and Harrow ramp into your midgame threats, while Dust Elemental and Seht's Tiger provide defensive options and further ETB triggers.

Overall, the deck aims to outlast opponents by maintaining board presence, disrupting their plans, and eventually overwhelming them with superior card advantage and board state through repeated ETB interactions.