Y'shtola Nights Blessed, Ether by user8900046

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control and burn strategy led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The game plan centers on deploying Y'shtola on Turn 4, then triggering her ability by casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater. Each qualifying spell deals 2 damage to every opponent, gains 2 life, and meets the 4-life-lost threshold to draw an extra card at the beginning of each end step. Auras such as Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Helm of the Ghastlord turn each Y'shtola trigger into a massive card-drawing and hand-stripping engine. Meanwhile, spells like Rewind and Unwind refund mana to sustain multi-spell turns. Defensive enchantments like Propaganda and instant blowouts like Inkshield protect your life total, while Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Debt to the Deathless close out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Brush Off
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foolish Fate
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haystack
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Karametra's Blessing
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Recurring Insight
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 The Destined Black Mage
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Zombify