Y´shtola by toji711

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Burn Control strategy built around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary plan deploys Y'shtola on Turn 3 or 4 and enchants her with damage-triggered auras such as Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Sigil of Sleep. Because Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, each qualifying spell burns the entire table for 6 total damage while drawing three cards. The list leverages high-efficiency removal, free spells like Deadly Rollick and Snuff Out, and mana-neutral interaction like Rewind to control opposing boards while continuously restocking the hand. As the game moves into Turns 5 through 7, the deck secures victory by overwhelming opponents with compounding burn triggers, Bolas's Citadel cascades, Bloodchief Ascension life loss, or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose amplification, while pillow-fort pieces protect its own life total.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
• 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Bloodchief Ascension
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Eye of Nidhogg
• 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
• 3 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Lyse Hext
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 4 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Quantum Misalignment
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Relic of Legends
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rewind
• 1 Risky Shortcut
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Sigil of Sleep
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Starfall Invocation
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syphon Mind
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed