shtola by Avideg

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control strategy led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary plan converts noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater into table-wide life drain and life gain, drawing extra cards whenever an opponent loses 4 or more life in a turn. Dense low-cost mana rocks and efficient accelerators enable Y'shtola to enter on turn 3, establishing an operational engine by turn 4. The deck controls the game pace using an extensive suite of low-cost interaction, 'free' untap spells like Unwind and Rewind, and asymmetric board wipes that spare low-power creatures. Win conditions develop by compounding burn triggers through Delney, Streetwise Lookout and Curiosity, storming through the library with Bolas's Citadel, or casting a lethal Exsanguinate. While the deck excels at reactive disruption and card advantage, it relies heavily on keeping Y'shtola or an alternate engine on the board to close games.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Artificer's Epiphany
• 1 As Foretold
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Avatar's Wrath
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Cast Away Doubt
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Darkslick Shores
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Decanter of Endless Water
• 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Desolate Mire
• 1 Destined Confrontation
• 1 Diresight
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Don't Make a Sound
• 1 Drown in Sorrow
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Enter the Avatar State
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Eye of Nidhogg
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Inkshield
• 4 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Lyse Hext
• 1 Mana Leak
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Negate
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Papalymo Totolymo
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 3 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Relic of Legends
• 1 Rewind
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Risky Shortcut
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Single Combat
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Snap
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spellskite
• 1 Stock Up
• 1 Strix Serenade
• 1 Succumb to Temptation
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1 The Battle of Bywater
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Transpose
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unstoppable Plan
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed