Y'shtola enchant by Derp

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Esper control deck, helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, aims to grind out incremental advantage through life-drain triggers on noncreature spells. Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and gains 2 life whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, and her end-step trigger draws a card when any player loses 4+ life in a turn. The deck pairs these with Papalymo Totolymo, Enduring Tenacity, and Delney, Streetwise Lookout (doubling Y'shtola's triggers) to turn every mid-cost spell into a three-opponent burn and lifegain engine. A dense pillowfort package (Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Sphere of Safety, Norn's Annex) discourages attacks while Smothering Tithe and Monologue Tax generate treasure mana. The primary win condition is repeated drain damage; Exsanguinate and Bolas's Citadel serve as finishers. The deck has no infinite combos and relies on value accumulation over many turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frozen in Ice
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Kaya, Ghost Assassin
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Molecule Man
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Strike
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unhallowed Pact
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Withering Curse
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed