Y'shtola, nights bessed by Oakiewon

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is an Esper control/drain deck helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, built to weaponize life-loss triggers across every axis. The commander's cast trigger - 2 damage to each opponent and 2 life gained for every MV 3+ noncreature spell - feeds a web of life-loss payoffs: Kambal, Consul of Allocation, Talion, the Kindly Lord, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Sygg, River Cutthroat, and Tataru Taru all convert those triggers into cards, treasures, or more drain. The primary win is the Exquisite Blood + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose / Enduring Tenacity / Bloodthirsty Conqueror infinite loop, with Bolas's Citadel, Expropriate, and Rite of Replication as secondary channels. A dense counterspell and free-interaction suite protects the combo turn, while Necropotence, Rhystic Study, and Black Market Connections keep the hand full.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Endwalker
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 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 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kefka's Tower
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Permission Denied
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed