Ysh Ysh by Nunstocky

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control deck commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy focuses on casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to trigger Y'shtola's ability, which drains 2 life from each opponent and gains 2 life for its controller. When Y'shtola is enchanted with damage-triggered card-draw auras like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Helm of the Ghastlord, each spell cast triggers three separate draws while meeting the end-step threshold to draw a fourth card. The deck controls the game tempo using pillowfort enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, backed by a deep suite of flexible removal and counterspells. As the game develops, payoffs like Psychosis Crawler, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, and Bolas's Citadel amplify the life drain, converting spell casts and card draw into a steady clock that eliminates all opponents by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Archmage's Charm
• 1 As Foretold
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Baleful Mastery
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Confusticate and Bebother
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Curtains' Call
• 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Disallow
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Ember Island Production
• 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
• 1 Esper Panorama
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Farewell
• 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 Helm of the Ghastlord
• 6 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kaya's Guile
• 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Midnight Clock
• 1 Misdirection
• 1 Misleading Signpost
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 1 Path to Exile
• 2 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
• 1 Relic of Legends
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Restoration Magic
• 1 Rewind
• 1 Sanguine Bond
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Withering Curse
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed