Control - Y'shtola by masato56

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed heads a slow Esper control shell that converts every 3-plus-mana noncreature spell into life loss for opponents and life gain for itself. The primary plan is to answer threats with counterspells and instant removal, then build a drain engine from Vito or Enduring Tenacity. The main finish is the Exquisite Blood + Vito/Enduring Tenacity loop, sparked by a Y'shtola trigger; Exsanguinate is a backup mana sink. Alisaie and Alphinaud act as a hidden partner pair that finds each other and discounts/draws off the two-spell turn. The commander supplies card draw whenever an opponent loses 4 life in a turn, which control pieces naturally trigger.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vanquish the Weak
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed