Enchanting Yshtola by user7486586

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Enchantress and Lifegain Combo-Control list helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy focuses on establishing a secure defensive perimeter through pillowfort enchantments such as Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Sphere of Safety while generating steady card advantage through enchantresses like Mesa Enchantress and Entity Tracker, as well as planeswalkers like The Theorist, Jace Beleren. The deck leverages life-loss and life-gain synergies to trigger Y'shtola's card draw and burn abilities. It closes games decisively using compact two-card infinite combos, primarily Heliod, Sun-Crowned paired with Walking Ballista, or alternatively Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Enduring Tenacity. With solid recursion from Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish and Retether, the deck easily shrugs off board wipes and transitions from a fortified defensive state directly into an unblockable, same-turn table finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Ajani's Chosen
  • 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
  • 1 Angelic Destiny
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eidolon of Countless Battles
  • 1 Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Eriette of the Charmed Apple
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frozen in Ice
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Garruk, Veiled Butcher
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod's Pilgrim
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Nurgle's Rot
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Retether
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sage's Reverie
  • 1 Sanctum Lurker
  • 1 Shielded by Faith
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Umbral Expanse
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Indenture
  • 1 V.A.T.S.
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Vow of Malice
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed