Scions & Spellcraft (upgraded idea) by Kioshi

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is an Esper spellslinger-control commander who turns every MV3+ noncreature spell into a 2-damage drain and, once any player loses 4+ life in a turn, an end-step card. The deck's primary finish is the compact Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle line, which is independent of the commander. A slower backup loops Exquisite Blood with Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, often started or finished by Aetherflux Reservoir. The 99 contains strong instant/sorcery support (Alphinaud/Alisaie, Archmage Emeritus, Talrand, Monastery Mentor, Professor Onyx) and a deep interaction suite, so Y'shtola acts as an engine that buys time and digs to the two key combo pieces. There is no hidden commander; the Leveilleur pair is a value sub-engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed