Yshtola Deck Draw by michaelwynn34

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commands a fast Esper control/combo shell with an average mana value of 2.14 and a dense tutor package. The primary plan is to deploy cheap tax and draw engines, bleed opponents with life-loss punishers, then convert a tutor-heavy hand into a compact two-card kill. The main line is Thassa's Oracle after Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact empties the library; the backup is Bloodchief Ascension plus Mindcrank for an infinite mill/drain loop. Y'shtola herself is a value engine rather than a combo piece - every MV3+ noncreature spell drains for 2, and her end-step trigger turns life loss into cards. A deep instant-speed interaction layer of free counters, Silence effects, and cheap removal protects the winning turn while the deck also grinds opponents out through Kambal, Consul of Allocation, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and Orcish Bowmasters if the combo is disrupted.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Massacre
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed