Scions & Spellcraft by Rosaw

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and token midrange strategy led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, designed around the Scions of the Seventh Dawn from Final Fantasy XIV. The game plan focuses on casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to burn all opponents, gain life, and trigger end-step card draw whenever a player loses 4 or more life. The list supports this game plan with a dense suite of noncreature spells, Equipment with Job select, and token producers such as Hermes, Overseer of Elpis, G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn, and Champions from Beyond. It controls the pace of play using efficient spot removal like Void Rend and Swords to Plowshares, defensive taxes like Propaganda and Authority of the Consuls, and flexible board wipes. The deck finishes games by converting spell velocity into an overwhelming evasive token army, compounded by late-game burn from Exsanguinate, Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian, or a kicked Rite of Replication.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Astrologian's Planisphere
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Estinien Varlineau
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise
  • 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sage's Nouliths
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Summon: Good King Mog XII
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thancred Waters
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urianger Augurelt
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed