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Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper control/drain deck helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed aims to grind out the table through incremental life loss and card advantage. The commander triggers on every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, dealing 2 damage to each opponent and gaining 2 life, while her end-step condition (a player lost 4+ life that turn) draws an extra card. The deck is packed with cheap removal, board wipes, and tax effects to control the game, while repeatable draw engines (Phyrexian Arena, Dark Confidant, Black Market Connections) and the commander herself keep the hand full. The primary win condition is a massive Exsanguinate or Debt to the Deathless for an overwhelming life drain, supported by incremental pings from Papalymo Totolymo, Black Mage's Rod tokens, and the commander's own triggered ability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstruse Appropriation
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flood of Tears
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shadowbringers
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Vibranium Dynamo
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed