Y’shtola B3 by Sorak

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This Esper deck is built around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, combining spellslinger control, lifegain drain, and pillowfort defense into a cohesive combo engine. The deck ramps on early turns using 2-CMC artifacts to deploy Y'shtola ahead of curve. Once online, Y'shtola turns every 3+ CMC noncreature spell into a multi-target burn spell and lifegain trigger. Auras like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Sigil of Sleep turn these triggers into massive card draw and board-clearing bounces across all three opponents. Defensive enchantments like Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Solitary Confinement stonewall aggressive combat decks, while an elite interaction suite of counterspells and exile removal neutralizes opposing combo attempts. The primary win condition is the two-card infinite combo of Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond, which triggers off any life loss or Y'shtola burn spell to instantly drain the table. Alternatively, Bolas's Citadel or cloned Y'shtola triggers with Delney, Streetwise Lookout provide overwhelming non-infinite burn finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed