Y'shtola Upgrade by user3450373

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger control and combo build led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to burn opponents, gain life, and draw cards. The deck uses efficient mana rocks and cost reducers to deploy Y'shtola ahead of curve on Turn 4, then transitions into powerful value engines like Bolas's Citadel or Curiosity to chain spells together. It features a compact two-card infinite combo in Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank, which can instantly mill and drain the entire table. A robust package of counterspells, spot removal, and defensive enchantments protects your life total and disrupts opposing threats while you assemble your win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Leyline of Sanctity
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed