Cuck Chair Gaming by user9343100

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Esper control-and-drain deck built around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary plan is to resolve Y'shtola early, create 0/1 Wizard tokens that also ping on each noncreature spell, and then chain 3+MV instants, sorceries, and enchantments to drain all opponents. Secondary paths are a large Exsanguinate, the transformed back face of Jin-Gitaxias, and Titan Hunter's end-step pressure. The commander's end-step draw is fueled by our own life-loss tricks and the opponent life loss our spells cause. The deck has no deterministic infinite combo; it wins by incremental damage and a final burst. No hidden commander exists-Y'shtola is the single-faced general, while Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis acts as a powerful support engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Crushing Disappointment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Didn't Say Please
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Massacre
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Titan Hunter
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed