Y’shtola by ezeidler217

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Esper deck is a midrange-control build centered on Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater deals 2 to each opponent and gains you life, while painlands, Talismans, and Read the Bones turn on her end-step draw. The primary plan is to stabilize with instant-speed removal, planeswalkers, and token engines, then drain all three opponents with repeated Y'shtola triggers and close with Debt to the Deathless. Secondary paths are token combat from Court of Grace, Talrand, Monastery Mentor, and Felidar Retreat, plus Kaya and Teferi emblems. Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain is a hidden payoff for the token plan, copying instants and sorceries after token damage. The list contains no infinite combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Poet Laureate // Heroic Stanza
  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Captain America, Living Legend
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromium, the Mutable
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consult the Necrosages
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dovin, Hand of Control
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frozen in Ice
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 HYDRA Infiltration
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 1 Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kaya the Inexorable
  • 1 Kaya, Bane of the Dead
  • 1 Kaya, Intangible Slayer
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Lazav, the Multifarious
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nimble Larcenist
  • 1 Obelisk of Esper
  • 1 Obscura Ascendancy
  • 1 Obscura Charm
  • 1 Obzedat's Aid
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shattered Seraph
  • 1 Silverquill Pledgemage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
  • 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terminus
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Ever-Changing 'Dane
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toluz, Clever Conductor
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight
  • 1 Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Worldpurge
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed