Kek 2 by warmburrito

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and life-drain control build commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy revolves around deploying early mana rocks and defensive tax pieces, casting Y'shtola, and then chaining noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to simultaneously burn opponents, gain life, and draw cards. The deck leverages high-synergy engines such as Curiosity, Delney, Streetwise Lookout, and Archmage Emeritus to maintain overwhelming card advantage. As the game transitions into the mid-game, oppressive attrition pieces like Painful Quandary, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, and Bloodchief Ascension rapidly erode opposing life totals whenever opponents take game actions. The deck protects its board through efficient spot removal, free spells like Deadly Rollick and Flawless Maneuver, and pillowfort enchantments, ultimately closing the game through continuous spell triggers, Bolas's Citadel value turns, or a massive Exsanguinate.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eject
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed