Y'shtola upgraded by user1209192

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control and attrition strategy commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around deploying the commander on curve and casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to simultaneously drain opponents, gain life, and draw extra cards. Rather than racing for an early combo, the deck controls the pace of play with efficient spot removal, board wipes, and goad effects that force opponents to attack each other. Card advantage engines like Archmage Emeritus, Alphinaud Leveilleur, and Curiosity ensure a steady flow of resources. The game concludes around turn 9 as cumulative spell triggers and redirected combat damage bring opponents within range of a lethal Exsanguinate or a kicked Rite of Replication.

Decklist (98 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Extended Absence
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Killing Wave
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Precise Redaction
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Impetus
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reverse the Polarity
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed