Y'shtola Rhul - The Archon by hatdoogen

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger and Burn strategy led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It converts noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater into table-wide direct damage and life gain. The deck's primary engine utilizes damage-triggered card draw auras such as Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Helm of the Ghastlord attached to Y'shtola. Because Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent simultaneously whenever a qualifying noncreature spell is cast, each cast immediately draws three cards and drains life across the table. Cost-reducing creatures like Baral, Chief of Compliance, Geist of Saint Thalia, and Stormscape Familiar discount printed 3+ MV spells into efficient 1-to-2 mana plays. The deck maintains control using versatile removal and countermagic that double as burn enablers, ultimately closing out the game with Psychosis Crawler, Bolas's Citadel, Debt to the Deathless, or a kicked Rite of Replication.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Empyrial Armor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Increasing Ambition
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Legions to Ashes
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyra, Tolarian Archangel
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Overwhelming Denial
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unravel
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vanishing
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed