esper goodstuff by ithilbun

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 90

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Esper control and combo strategy commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. Built for cEDH pods, its primary plan is to assemble the format-defining compact win condition: Thassa's Oracle paired with either Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact. Supported by explosive 0-1 CMC fast mana (Sol Ring, Lotus Petal, Mox Diamond, Dark Ritual) and unconditional tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Beseech the Mirror), the deck consistently executes its win on Turn 3 with zero opponent response cycles. It shields its combo turn using silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Teferi, Time Raveler, backed by premier free countermagic (Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Mental Misstep). In slower games, Y'shtola pairs with damage-draw auras like Curiosity and Helm of the Ghastlord to draw three cards and strip opponent hands whenever a 3+ CMC noncreature spell is cast, while Ashiok, Dream Render and Karn, the Great Creator provide asymmetric stax.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Tangle Wire
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will