yshtola by rafa7575

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive Esper control and combo list helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It operates by establishing early resource acceleration and asymmetric stax pieces such as Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, and Dauthi Voidwalker to disrupt opposing game plans and lock down critical zones. Under the protection of silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Voice of Victory, and Teferi, Time Raveler, the deck quickly tutors for its primary win engine: Displacer Kitten paired with Teferi, Time Raveler and a mana rock. This combination draws the entire library and generates infinite mana, enabling an immediate same-turn kill on Turn 4 via drain triggers from Papalymo Totolymo or Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. A secondary uncounterable combo line using Hullbreaker Horror provides an independent backup win condition. Backed by elite free countermagic, spot removal, and recursive spells like Sevinne's Reclamation, the deck maintains exceptional resilience, versatility, and closing speed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mind Spring
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed