Bracket 3 cat warlock by user1191506

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Y'shtola, Night's Blessed to convert lifegain, life loss, and noncreature spells into overwhelming card advantage and table-wide burn. The primary game plan controls the board through premium removal, countermagic, and pillowfort taxes while digging for its decisive two-card infinite combos: Exquisite Blood paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Sanguine Bond. Attaching curiosity effects like Curiosity or Helm of the Ghastlord to Y'shtola turns every 3+ mana value noncreature spell into a massive three-card draw burst that strips opposing hands and clears creatures with Sigil of Sleep. An efficient suite of 10 low-cost mana rocks and high-density tutors ensures consistent Turn 5 combo assembly. The deck protects its winning turns with free interaction like Force of Will and Deadly Rollick, while alternate win conditions such as Aetherflux Reservoir, Debt to the Deathless, and Shark Typhoon provide robust resilience against targeted disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed