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Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed leads an Esper spellslinger and attrition deck designed to control the board while wearing down the table with noncreature spell triggers. The deck accelerates in the opening turns with mana rocks, then deploys Y'shtola on Turn 3 or 4. Once assembled, casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater triggers Y'shtola to deal 2 damage to each opponent and gain 2 life, while also refilling your hand when life totals drop significantly. The strategy layers this primary burn engine with additional pingers like Papalymo Totolymo, token creators, and potent card-advantage engines like Archmage Emeritus and Emet-Selch of the Third Seat. A deep suite of efficient removal, flexible countermagic, and sweepers keeps aggressive opponents in check. Games conclude around Turn 9 through accumulated burn damage, active Bloodchief Ascension triggers, or a scaled Exsanguinate, giving the deck steady inevitability without relying on infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abstruse Appropriation
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
• 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Black Mage's Rod
• 1 Bloodchief Ascension
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Cast Away Doubt
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Circle of Power
• 1 Cleansing Nova
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Contaminated Aquifer
• 1 Cornered by Black Mages
• 1 Dark Tutelage
• 1 Dawn of Hope
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Decorum Dissertation
• 1 Dreams of Laguna
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Idyllic Beachfront
• 1 Imp's Mischief
• 5 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
• 1 Lyse Hext
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 5 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Prismatic Lens
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Pulse of the Grid
• 1 Quick Study
• 1 Quistis Trepe
• 1 Read the Bones
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Settle the Wreckage
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Sinister Sabotage
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Staff of Compleation
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 1 Sunlit Marsh
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swallowed by Leviathan
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Think Twice
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unravel
• 1 Valley Floodcaller
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Worn Powerstone
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed