Y'shtola Upgraded by mapacheneitor

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger strategy built around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages Y'shtola's ability to deal 2 damage to all opponents and gain 2 life whenever a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater is cast. By attaching damage-trigger auras like Curiosity and Ophidian Eye to Y'shtola, every qualifying spell draws 3 cards, creating an explosive draw engine. The list supports this with a potent suite of removal, sweepers, and mana rocks that double as burn triggers. The primary endgame relies on assembling the infinite lifegain/drain combo of Exquisite Blood with Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, which instantly burns out the entire table upon any life change. Alternative victory routes include storming off with Bolas's Citadel and Aetherflux Reservoir or casting a lethal Torment of Hailfire.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Honor-Worn Shaku
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed