Scions & Spellcraft by Kazoragoth

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control-Combo list commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The game plan balances proactive spellslinger attrition and card draw with a lethal two-card infinite combo. Early turns focus on establishing mana rocks, deploying defensive pillowfort pieces like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, and playing Y'shtola to generate card advantage whenever life totals fluctuate. Mid-game turns leverage efficient removal and countermagic to disrupt opposing threats while digging toward combo pieces. The primary win condition pairs Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Sanguine Bond. Once both halves are assembled on the battlefield, any life gain or life loss trigger instantly initiates an infinite loop that drains all three opponents to zero life in a single turn. With Teferi, Time Raveler and protective spells shielding the combo, the deck transitions seamlessly from controlling the board to closing the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 All-Fates Scroll
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed