xd500 by user3867139

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck leverages Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as the centerpiece of an Esper artifact and spellslinger engine. By casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola drains each opponent for 2 life and gains 2 life. Pairing Y'shtola with Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Tandem Lookout converts every 3+ CMC cast into a 3-card draw burst, enabling long chains of discounted mana rocks and utility artifacts. Cost reducers such as Etherium Sculptor, Cloud Key, and Semblance Anvil minimize mana friction, while Simulacrum Synthesizer converts artifact deployment into massive Construct creature tokens. Asymmetric disruption from Winter Orb, Sigil of Sleep, and Scourglass controls the table while free protection spells defend the board, setting up lethal table-wide burn and combat damage by Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acquisition Octopus
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Energy Tap
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riddlesmith
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scourglass
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Winter Orb
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed