Ysholta in progress by mwdishaw

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Esper control deck is commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It converts defensive spellslinging and taxation into a steady, board-wide burn engine. The strategy relies on casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to trigger Y'shtola's ability, dealing 2 damage to each opponent and gaining 2 life with every cast. Auras like Curiosity and Ophidian Eye turn this damage into immediate card draw, keeping your hand full of answers. Pillowfort staples like Propaganda, Ghostly Prison, and Blind Obedience buy time by stalling opponent attacks and shutting off haste. Meanwhile, damage multipliers such as Delney, Streetwise Lookout and clone spells accelerate table damage. Supported by robust countermagic, targeted exile, and game-saving protection like Teferi's Protection and Grand Abolisher, the deck steadily bleeds the entire table while remaining virtually untouchable.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorb
• 1 Academy Rector
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Alhammarret's Archive
• 1 Amphibian Downpour
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Avatar's Wrath
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Disallow
• 1 Dromar's Cavern
• 1 Enduring Tenacity
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Force of Despair
• 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Hullbreaker Horror
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
• 7 Island
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Multiversal Recruitment
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Norn's Annex
• 1 Omniscience
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Orim's Chant
• 1 Overkill
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 1 Phyresis
• 6 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Render Silent
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1 Sakashima the Impostor
• 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Silence
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Spellskite
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1 Tainted Remedy
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tandem Lookout
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed