Esper Fun by SirSkitzoRuin

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control and attrition engine commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy focuses on establishing defensive taxation through cards like Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Authority of the Consuls, while utilizing efficient mana rocks and cost-reducers such as Alisaie Leveilleur to deploy Y'shtola on curve. Once Y'shtola is assembled, casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater continuously drains each opponent for 2 damage, fuels life gain, and triggers end-step card draw. Payoff engines like Archmage Emeritus, Hermes, Overseer of Elpis, and Ophidian Eye convert every interactive spell into massive card velocity and token generation. The deck defends its board with Flawless Maneuver, Grand Abolisher, and versatile instant-speed answers like Void Rend. As the game progresses, continuous burn triggers, evasive Bird attacks, and scaling finishers like Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian or Exsanguinate decisively close out the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aerith Gainsborough
• 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
• 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
• 1 Ancient Den
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Circle of Power
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gleaming Bastion
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
• 1 Hope Estheim
• 3 Island
• 1 Kaya's Guile
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Lethal Scheme
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Leak
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 1 Mox Opal
• 1 Observed Stasis
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 3 Plains
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Ravenform
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rewind
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 3 Snow-Covered Island
• 3 Snow-Covered Plains
• 3 Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Shatter
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Syphon Mind
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 The Queen of Dale
• 1 Thran Dynamo
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Vampiric Link
• 1 Vault of Whispers
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Witch's Vengeance
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed