New Untitled Deck by Alexander

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Y'shtola, Night's Blessed to convert standard reactive control tools into a proactive life-drain and card-advantage engine. By casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and gains 2 life, turning removal spells, sweepers, and utility artifacts into table-wide pressure. Enchanting Y'shtola with Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Helm of the Ghastlord supercharges this ability, drawing up to three cards whenever a qualifying spell is cast. Alternatively, Glistening Oil turns Y'shtola's damage into infect, reducing the required spell count to five for a complete table kill. Supported by a robust suite of over 25 interactive spells, targeted creature and commander neutralization, and secondary threats like Liesa, Shroud of Dusk and G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn, the deck steadily grinds out opponents while maintaining strong stack and board control.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Baleful Mastery
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Bribery
• 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contaminated Aquifer
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Dusk // Dawn
• 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
• 1 Enduring Tenacity
• 1 Erode
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Force of Despair
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Glistening Oil
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
• 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 4 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Leadership Vacuum
• 1 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Lyse Hext
• 1 March of Swirling Mist
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 1 Mischievous Poltergeist
• 1 Muddle the Mixture
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 5 Plains
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Relic of Legends
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Risky Shortcut
• 1 Sigil of Sleep
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Shatter
• 1 Spellskite
• 1 Stormscape Familiar
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sunfall
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 6 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 The Battle of Bywater
• 1 Tree of Perdition
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Undermine
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Vault 75: Middle School
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Volatile Stormdrake
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed