Esper Rhuls (Y’Shtola Night’s Blessed) by user2444362

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

This deck is a ruthlessly efficient Esper control/combo list helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan is to establish overwhelming card advantage through premium draw engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, Necropotence, and The One Ring, then deploy a compact combo win-Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact-protected by a dense stack of free counterspells and turn-protection effects. The commander provides incidental value with its end-step draw trigger and bolt-like damage on noncreature spells, but the deck's core engine lives entirely in the 99. A secondary line via Bolas's Citadel + Aetherflux Reservoir offers an alternative route. The low curve (2.24 MV) and 12+ counterspells make it a top-tier control deck that can pivot to a combo finish on a dime.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 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 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed