Kitty biscuits by Panda96

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control and combo build led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages Y'shtola's abilities—draining each opponent for 2 life and gaining 2 life whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, alongside drawing a card on end steps where 4 or more life was lost—to generate sustained card flow and life disparity. The early game establishes mana acceleration through efficient artifacts like Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Talismans, backed by early engines such as Esper Sentinel and Rhystic Study. The mid-game controls the table with premier removal including Swords to Plowshares, Anguished Unmaking, and free interaction like Fierce Guardianship and Deadly Rollick. The deck finishes games decisively by assembling a two-card infinite drain combo using Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose alongside Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror, or by executing a storm turn with Bolas's Citadel and Aetherflux Reservoir.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed