Y'shtola - Black Mage Control by user1539414

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commands an Esper enchantment and noncreature spell control deck that converts high-mana spells into steady life drain and card advantage. The deck aims to establish defensive pillowfort pieces like Propaganda and Sphere of Safety while setting up cost reducers. Once Y'shtola is on the battlefield, casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater drains each opponent, gains life, and triggers end-step card draw. Damage-triggered auras like Curiosity and Sigil of Sleep turn Y'shtola's noncombat damage into overwhelming card draw and board control. The primary win conditions include an explosive Bolas's Citadel chain, an upkeep win with Test of Endurance, or steady attrition through Bloodchief Ascension and group drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crushing Disappointment
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inquisitive Glimmer
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Killian, Decisive Mentor
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Soul Link
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed