control by M1naj

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control build commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy focuses on casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to drain opponents for 2 life each while gaining 2 life, which easily meets Y'shtola's 4-life threshold to draw extra cards on end steps. Supported by efficient 2-mana acceleration, the deck transitions into explosive mid-game advantage engines such as Delney, Streetwise Lookout to double triggers, Curiosity to turn spellcasts into triple card draw, and Bolas's Citadel to storm through the library. An elite interaction package featuring free counterspells like Fierce Guardianship and free removal like Deadly Rollick ensures the board remains controlled while advancing the deck's primary drain engine. The game is closed out through cumulative burn, attrition from Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and a massive Exsanguinate.

Decklist (106 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slaughter
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed