yshtola ner by user8466068

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed leads an Esper spellslinger drain deck that wins by casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater. Each cast deals 2 damage to each opponent and gains 2 life, and the deck stacks extra pings from Papalymo Totolymo, Black Mage's Rod, and Wizard tokens created by Circle of Power, Cornered by Black Mages, and Transpose. Sanguine Bond turns life gain into additional loss, while Bastion of Remembrance and Polluted Bonds add passive drain. Y'shtola also draws a card when any player loses 4 or more life in a turn. Secondary paths go wide with Champions from Beyond or grind value with Emet-Selch of the Third Seat. Papalymo acts as a hidden commander when Y'shtola is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adventurer's Inn
• 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
• 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bastion of Remembrance
• 1 Battle Menu
• 1 Black Mage's Rod
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Champions from Beyond
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Circle of Power
• 1 Cleansing Nova
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contaminated Aquifer
• 1 Cornered by Black Mages
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Cut a Deal
• 1 Dark Petition
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Diabolic Tutor
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eerie Interference
• 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
• 1 Espers to Magicite
• 1 Estinien Varlineau
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Hope Estheim
• 1 Idyllic Beachfront
• 1 Into the Story
• 3 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Krile Baldesion
• 1 Lethal Scheme
• 1 Lyse Hext
• 1 Mystic Confluence
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Nowhere to Run
• 1 Overkill
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 1 Perplex
• 3 Plains
• 1 Polluted Bonds
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Priest of Fell Rites
• 1 Profane Tutor
• 1 Relic of Legends
• 1 Ringsight
• 1 Sanguine Bond
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sublime Epiphany
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 1 Sunlit Marsh
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syphon Mind
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Thancred Waters
• 1 The Darkness Crystal
• 1 The Water Crystal
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Vanquish the Horde
• 1 Vayne's Treachery
• 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Winds of Abandon
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed