(Control) Y'shtola, Night's Blessed by tallyscn

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger and lifegain-attrition strategy helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The deck focuses on casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to simultaneously burn all opponents and gain life. It converts this life buffer into extensive card advantage through Y'shtola's end-step ability, Bolas's Citadel, and draw engines like Archmage Emeritus. A dense interaction suite—including Anguished Unmaking, Void Rend, and Dovin's Veto—serves double duty by controlling the board while triggering Y'shtola's burn. Life-drain amplifiers like Starscape Cleric, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Sanguine Bond accelerate the clock, allowing the deck to close games around Turn 8 through accumulated burn, Bolas's Citadel chains, or a lethal Exsanguinate. Defensive enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda buy the time needed to establish overwhelming card and life disparity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed