yyyyy4 by nb091290

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper lifegain-drain control build centered on Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages Y'shtola's passive triggers to turn every noncreature spell of mana value 3 or greater into a table-wide life swing and card advantage engine. The deck establishes early resource advantage using premier acceleration and staple draw engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and The One Ring. From this stable foundation, it controls opposing momentum with a low-cost, high-efficiency interaction suite featuring free removal and uncounterable counterspells. The deck's primary victory condition is an infinite life-drain loop, achieved by combining Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Sanguine Bond, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, or Enduring Tenacity. Powerful silence enablers like Grand Abolisher, Voice of Victory, and Teferi, Time Raveler ensure uninterrupted combo execution. With high card quality and redundant win conditions, the deck grinds out opponents while threatening explosive turn-6 combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will