yshtola 1.0 by Lead_Brick

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 66

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Esper combo-control list led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy pairs controlling interaction with a deterministic two-card infinite combo. It wins by combining an effect that drains opponents when you gain life (Sanguine Bond, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity) with an effect that gains life when opponents lose life (Exquisite Blood, Bloodthirsty Conqueror). Y'shtola provides incidental card draw and life swings whenever you cast noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater. The deck supports this game plan through dense card advantage engines, universal tutors, and a top-tier defensive suite featuring free countermagic, flexible removal, and silence effects like Grand Abolisher and Teferi, Time Raveler. While it lacks early 0-mana fast acceleration, its high card quality, functional redundancy, and protected win windows ensure a consistent and resilient Turn 5 kill.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Rector
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will