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Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control and attrition list commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating into Y'shtola on Turn 4 and leveraging her triggered ability, which deals 2 damage to each opponent and gains 2 life whenever a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater is cast. By attaching damage-triggered card draw engines like Curiosity, Helm of the Ghastlord, or Tandem Lookout, every qualifying spell deals 6 total damage across the table and draws 3 new cards, fueling an unbroken stream of high-impact interaction and burn. A dense suite of versatile answers—including Void Rend, Anguished Unmaking, and untap counters like Rewind—allows the deck to disrupt opponents while simultaneously advancing its clock. Passive taxes from Liesa, Shroud of Dusk, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, and Propaganda protect the pilot's life total and whittle down opposing life totals until a final flurry of spells or a large Exsanguinate finishes the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterpoint
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Deny the Witch
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 1 Suspended Sentence
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed