yyyyy2 by nb091290

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper lifegain, life-drain, and control build helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It operates by establishing early mana acceleration and compounding draw engines like Rhystic Study, The One Ring, and Talion, the Kindly Lord. Y'shtola turns high-cost noncreature spells into symmetrical damage and life gain while converting life loss into steady card draw. The deck controls the board with efficient spot removal, sweepers, and free countermagic. It transitions from incremental attrition to a decisive win via two-card infinite drain loops such as Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror combined with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity. With robust protection from Teferi, Time Raveler, Clever Concealment, and free defensive spells, the deck reliably shields its win conditions and pivots smoothly if disrupted.

Decklist (98 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will