Y’shtola of the Night by Turcius

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 77

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Esper combo-control list helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages Y'shtola's passive burn, lifegain, and end-step card draw to maintain hand advantage while assembling compact combo finishes. The primary win condition is the format-defining Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation line, supported by backup combos including Exquisite Blood paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity, Bloodchief Ascension with Mindcrank, and Bolas's Citadel loops. A premier suite of free countermagic, instant-speed removal, and silence effects protects combo turns while disrupting faster opponents. Punisher pieces like Orcish Bowmasters, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and Kambal, Consul of Allocation tax opposing engines and whittle life totals. The deck delivers fast, protected wins alongside exceptional grind potential.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed