Y'Shtola

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and life-drain attrition deck commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan establishes an efficient engine of mana rocks and cost reducers to cast three-mana or greater noncreature spells, triggering Y'shtola to deal two damage to all opponents while gaining two life. This consistent life drain enables end-step card draw whenever four life is lost by a player in a turn. The deck compounds this advantage through token generation from Hermes, Overseer of Elpis and G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn, burst card draw via Curiosity and Archmage Emeritus, and punishing life taxes from Kambal, Consul of Allocation and Liesa, Shroud of Dusk. Defensive enchantments such as Propaganda and Norn's Annex shield life totals while flexible removal like Void Rend and Swords to Plowshares answers opposing threats. The deck closes games around turn 8 through accumulated burn, evasive token attacks, and symmetric drain spells like Rush of Dread.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Estinien Varlineau
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya, Ghost Assassin
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Nettling Nuisance
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Rush of Dread
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Urianger Augurelt
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed