I Will Join the Fray when I have Finished my Tea by liggo

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This Esper list is centered around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, leveraging noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to drain opponents while refilling your hand. Through combat and effect enchantments like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Helm of the Ghastlord, every burn trigger nets massive card advantage and strips opposing resources. The deck controls the tempo of the table with premier countermagic, tax pieces like Teferi, Time Raveler and Grand Abolisher, and selective sweepers. Once the game is locked down, the deck converts its resource dominance into a definitive win using Hullbreaker Horror and cheap artifacts to loop spells, burn the entire table with Y'shtola, or clear all opposing permanents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Psychic Corrosion
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed