Yshtola by Picoms

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Esper spellslinger control and combo build centered around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages Y'shtola's ability to deal 2 damage to each opponent and gain 2 life whenever a noncreature spell of mana value 3 or greater is cast. By attaching damage-triggered auras like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, Helm of the Ghastlord, or Sigil of Sleep, each trigger yields 3 card draws, mass hand discard, or triple creature bounce. The deck accelerates using 2-mana artifacts, untap spells, and free interaction spells that trigger Y'shtola for zero mana. Win conditions include burning the table through cloned triggers (Delney, Streetwise Lookout, Spark Double, Roaming Throne) or assembling the infinite Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank mill loop. Comprehensive free countermagic and proactive silence effects provide elite protection throughout execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 See Double
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed