New Untitled Deck by user1889110

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Esper spellslinger control deck is commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, aiming to dominate multiplayer tables through incremental attrition, robust pillowfort defenses, and burst card draw. The early game focuses on developing mana rocks such as Arcane Signet while establishing disruptive speed bumps like Lavinia, Azorius Renegade and Doorkeeper Thrull. Once Y'shtola enters the battlefield on turn 4, every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater triggers symmetric life drain and life gain, consistently activating Y'shtola's end-step card draw. Defensive enchantments like Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Frozen Aether stall opposing combat and tempo, creating a secure window to close the game. The deck finishes opponents by accelerating its drain triggers with Psychosis Crawler, Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian, or by attaching Phyresis to Y'shtola for lethal poison proliferation. Backed by versatile interaction and protection spells like Dawn's Truce and Flare of Denial, the list steadily grinds down the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flood Plain
  • 1 Frozen Aether
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
  • 1 Hushwing Gryff
  • 5 Island
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
  • 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Return to Dust
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Show and Tell
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Thancred Waters
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tithe Taker
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed