KITTY by dirtygerbil444

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger control and lifedrain strategy commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The deck's primary plan revolves around resolving 3+ mana value noncreature spells to trigger Y'shtola's ability, dealing 2 damage to each opponent while gaining 2 life and drawing extra cards on end steps when life-loss thresholds are met. A dense suite of 2-mana artifacts accelerates Y'shtola onto the battlefield on Turn 3, enabling engine operation by Turn 4. Defensive enchantments such as Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Authority of the Consuls protect life totals, while cost reducers like Lyse Hext and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV enable multi-spell turns. The deck creates a must-answer board state around Turn 6 and steadily burns down all three opponents simultaneously by Turn 9, finishing with a barrage of spells or a large Exsanguinate. It features robust stack interaction and combat blowouts like Inkshield, though it remains vulnerable to sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Batwing Brume
  • 1 Beyond the Quiet
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Chase Inspiration
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enchanted River's Grasp
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Killian, Ink Duelist
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 No More Lies
  • 1 Palace Siege
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Sram's Expertise
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed