Y'shtola by JJMac521

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is an Esper control engine that turns noncreature spells into repeated drain and card draw. The primary plan is to land Y'shtola, cast mv3+ instants and sorceries to ping each opponent, then use the card advantage to assemble Urborg + Cabal Coffers + Crypt Ghast and end the game with a giant Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate. Secondary paths include token beats from Monastery Mentor/Hermes, the Alisaie/Alphinaud hidden value pair, and Breach the Multiverse to steal threats. This is not a fast combo deck; it is an interaction-dense grinder that wants to control the early game and win from a large mana burst. No double-faced commander is present; the closest hidden-commander pair is Alisaie/Alphinaud.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Keep Watch
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silverquill, the Disputant
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed