Controll kitty v2 by user3493648

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed leads an Esper control deck that leverages noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to drain opponents and gain life, while drawing cards when a player loses 4 or more life in a turn. The deck's primary win condition is the Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation combo, but it also has a robust drain subtheme with Queza, Augur of Agonies, Enduring Tenacity, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Papalymo Totolymo that can close out games through attrition. The deck packs a dense interaction suite of counterspells, removal, and board wipes, along with pillowfort effects like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda to buy time. Mana acceleration comes from Sol Ring, talismans, and Smothering Tithe. The commander acts as a repeatable value engine, rewarding spell-slinging with life drain and card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blossombind
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eject
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kefka's Tower
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Water Wings
  • 1 Wild Rose Rebellion
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed