Benedetta dalla Notte by user6851656

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control build commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to burn each opponent for 2 damage, gain life, and trigger Y'shtola's end-step card draw whenever 4 or more life is lost in a turn. The deck establishes early stability through efficient 2-mana rocks, cost reducers like Geist of Saint Thalia and Lyse Hext, and defensive pillowfort pieces like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison. It commands the mid-game with versatile spot removal, counterspells, and sweeping resets like Farewell and Supreme Verdict. As life totals dwindle, the deck transitions into lethal pressure around Turn 7 via high-velocity engines like Bolas's Citadel or stacked drain pieces such as Queza, Augur of Agonies and Polluted Bonds, culminating in a table finish around Turn 9 with a large Exsanguinate or repeated spell triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 University Campus
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vnwxt, Verbose Host
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed