Esper 18/8 by BruderVulpes

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is an Esper spell-slinger control deck that wins by grinding opponents down with noncreature triggers. The primary plan is to cast Y'shtola early, multiply her triggered ability with Delney or Irenicus's Vile Duplication, then resolve a stream of instants and sorceries that drain all opponents and draw cards. Professor Onyx and Papalymo add independent drain, while Decorum Dissertation provides a free repeatable Paradigm copy every turn. The deck controls with counters, instant removal, and wipes, then closes with repeated drain, Exsanguinate, or Akroma's Will plus Shark Typhoon tokens. Delney acts as the hidden commander, doubling Y'shtola and other small-creature triggers. A secondary path is token combat via Shark Typhoon and a finishing Akroma's Will.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed