Scion's and sinners by user9776936

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Esper control deck is commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed and focuses on spellslinger synergy, life manipulation, and defensive attrition. The deck builds a stable early mana base using two-mana mana rocks, deploying Y'shtola on Turn 4 to convert noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater into simultaneous board-wide drain, lifegain, and end-step card advantage. A strong pillowfort suite consisting of Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Norn's Annex discourages aggressive attacks, while a robust suite of instant-speed interaction and free spells such as Deadly Rollick, Snuff Out, and Rewind protects the board and controls opposing threats. The deck scales into the late game through potent engine pieces like Bolas's Citadel, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Sanguine Bond, and Curiosity on Y'shtola, generating explosive card draw and compounding life loss that finishes all opponents simultaneously around Turn 8 with a massive Exsanguinate or chained spell triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Crushing Disappointment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel of the Godhead
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thancred Waters
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed