(Yshtola) Curiosity Control by user5933974

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control build led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary strategy leverages damage-trigger auras such as Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Helm of the Ghastlord attached to the commander. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and gains 2 life, which translates into drawing 3 cards per cast across all three opponents. The deck amplifies this burn and draw engine by creating non-legendary token copies of Y'shtola using spells like Irenicus's Vile Duplication and Quantum Misalignment. A robust interaction suite featuring free spells such as Force of Will, Deadly Rollick, and Snuff Out keeps opponents off balance while advancing your board. The game finishes on turn 7 through accumulated spell burn, soft locks with Sigil of Sleep, or a devastating Exsanguinate and kicked Rite of Replication.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blatant Thievery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Drink
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Forbid
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slaughter
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed