Irl Y'shtola by Creedic

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Esper list is an engine-driven spellslinger and combo-control deck commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around utilizing 2-CMC ramp to deploy Y'shtola early, then chaining noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to simultaneously burn all opponents, gain life, and draw extra cards on each end step. Auras such as Curiosity and Ophidian Eye turn each Y'shtola trigger into a massive three-card burst. While controlling the board through efficient removal and defensive deterrents like Ghostly Prison and Teferi, Time Raveler, the deck digs toward its game-ending Sanguine Bond loops pairing Exquisite Blood with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Bloodthirsty Conqueror. Once assembled, any damage or life gain initiates a deterministic same-turn table kill. Highly resilient and rich in interaction, the deck operates with smooth resource conversion and reliable redundancy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Sanctum Lurker
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Theorist's Sanctum
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed