PaY'shtola by Nerdwood

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 69

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control build led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages high-density card advantage engines, low-cost proactive stax, and premium free interaction to dominate the table before assembling a compact game-ending combo. The primary win line pairs Displacer Kitten with Teferi, Time Raveler and a positive mana rock like Sol Ring or Mana Vault, drawing the entire deck and generating infinite mana to finish the table with Papalymo Totolymo. A secondary line utilizes Bolas's Citadel with Sensei's Divining Top. Proactive protection such as Grand Abolisher, Silence, Voice of Victory, and Ranger-Captain of Eos ensures combo turns execute without interference, while hate pieces like Drannith Magistrate and Blind Obedience buy the necessary time against faster combo opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed