Night's Aether Protocol by UnknownStranger13

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and life-drain control deck commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around enchanting Y'shtola with Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Helm of the Ghastlord. Because Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, each qualifying spell draws three cards while gaining life and triggering Y'shtola's end-step draw. The deck leverages 1-2 mana rocks to deploy Y'shtola on Turn 3 and activate the draw engine on Turn 4. On Turn 5, it transitions into critical onset with Displacer Kitten and Aetherflux Reservoir, blinking mana rocks to produce surplus mana while drawing through the library. It closes the game on Turn 6 by firing 50-damage lasers at all three opponents. Supported by free interaction like Fierce Guardianship and Deadly Rollick, and asymmetric stax like Blind Obedience, the deck controls the tempo while assembling its win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Coalition Relic
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overwhelming Denial
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Single Combat
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed