y'shtola b4 by user5374957

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Esper control deck commands Y'shtola, Night's Blessed to establish an oppressive pillowfort and life-drain engine. It accelerates on early turns with efficient two-mana rocks and cost reducers like Stormscape Familiar and Geist of Saint Thalia, deploying Y'shtola on Turn 3. On Turn 4, attaching damage-trigger auras such as Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Helm of the Ghastlord turns every noncreature spell of mana value 3 or greater into a massive resource swing: dealing 2 damage to each opponent, gaining 2 life, and drawing 3 cards while stripping opposing hands. The midgame locks down the table through heavy tax and stax pieces including Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, Dream Tides, Cursed Totem, and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV. Supported by robust stack interaction and shroud protection from Greater Auramancy, the deck closes the game on Turn 7 by executing an infinite mill-drain combo with Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank, chaining spells with Bolas's Citadel, or applying lethal poison through Phyresis.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dissipation Field
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Tides
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vile Consumption
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed