Water,Water, froth and Salt by Bakakaiser

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck leverages Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as both a life-draining burn engine and a potent card-draw generator. By stacking noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to every opponent while restoring your life total. Equipping Y'shtola with damage-trigger auras like Curiosity or Helm of the Ghastlord converts every 3-CMC instant or sorcery into a massive resource swing that draws three cards and strips enemy hands. The list features dense interaction, utilizing untap counterspells such as Rewind and Unwind to maintain defense while advancing its burn clock. Pillowfort enchantments and Solitary Confinement provide safety against aggression, while Bolas's Citadel and Inkshield serve as explosive closing cards to finish the table cleanly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blessing of Leeches
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Excise the Imperfect
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yahenni's Expertise