Y'shtola - Maximum Cattitude by user9454758

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is an Esper control-combo deck that wins primarily through Thassa's Oracle plus Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, with Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank as a secondary drain-mill kill. The commander is both a draw engine (end-step draw after 4+ life lost) and a drain trigger on MV 3 noncreature spells, buying time and fueling Bloodchief quest counters; none of the combo lines require her. The 99 leans on cheap tutors, free counterspells, and tax/draw permanents like Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, and Esper Sentinel. King T'Challa // Black Panther acts as a backup draw piece, not a hidden commander; the deck is built to use Y'shtola's abilities.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed