CAT GIRL (Copy) what if by Akatana

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 83

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control build commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages format-tier acceleration, including Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, and Mox Diamond, to establish early mana dominance and deploy premier draw engines like The One Ring, Necropotence, and Rhystic Study. The primary strategy focuses on assembling a deterministic two-card infinite drain loop using Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror combined with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Starscape Cleric. A secondary line utilizes Mindcrank and Bloodchief Ascension to mill and drain opponents. The deck shields its game-ending turn through premier protection spells such as Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, backed by free counterspells like Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship. Incidental taxation from Grand Arbiter Augustin IV and Authority of the Consuls slows aggressive opponents while the pilot crafts a protected win.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed