Yshtola (duplicated from mellamoalej) by mellamoalej

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This Esper control deck is led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It combines defensive pillowfort cards with spell-based lifegain and burn triggers. Early turns focus on accelerating mana with low-cost rocks and establishing attack taxes such as Propaganda and Ghostly Prison. Once Y'shtola is on the battlefield, casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater drains each opponent for 2 damage and gains 2 life. Auras like Curiosity and Ophidian Eye convert this damage into massive bursts of card draw. The deck locks out opposing combat and instant-speed responses with Authority of the Consuls and Teferi, Time Raveler, while using a deep removal suite to keep the board clear. It secures victory by chaining spells with Bolas's Citadel, draining the table with Delney, Streetwise Lookout and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, or winning outright with Approach of the Second Sun.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed