Y'shtola by DelGreatness

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commands an Esper spellslinger and life-drain control deck designed to grind down opponents while maintaining full hand sizes. The game plan centers on casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to trigger Y'shtola, dealing damage to each opponent while gaining life and drawing cards on end steps. Auras like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Helm of the Ghastlord turn every commander trigger into massive card draw and hand disruption. The deck transitions into a win through compounding burn engines, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, active Bloodchief Ascension, or a runaway Bolas's Citadel storm backed by counterspells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed