Yshtola b3 set 25 by phynoz

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control deck commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages efficient 2-mana ramp and powerful card engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Esper Sentinel to stabilize the board while assembling a two-card infinite life-drain combination. The primary win condition pairs Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with a damage-on-lifegain trigger such as Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Starscape Cleric. Once both halves are active, any instance of life gain or opponent life loss starts an unstoppable feedback loop that drains all three opponents to zero life in the same turn. The deck protects its combo setup with premier countermagic and turn-silencing effects like Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Teferi, Time Raveler. With an extensive suite of low-cost and free removal, the deck controls opposing threats until it can safely execute its Turn 5 combo finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed