Yshtola V3 - Remate by phynoz

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control build centered around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan focuses on assembling an infinite life-drain combo using Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity. During the early turns, the deck deploys efficient artifact ramp and high-impact draw engines such as Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, Esper Sentinel, and Talion, the Kindly Lord. Y'shtola generates steady card advantage and chip drain whenever you cast higher-cost noncreature spells, especially when enchanted by Curiosity or Ophidian Eye. To ensure a safe finish, the deck protects its combo turn using silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Voice of Victory, Silence, and Teferi, Time Raveler, backed by a deep suite of free and efficient counterspells. Once the combo resolves, any single instance of damage or lifegain triggers an infinite chain reaction that drains all three opponents to zero life simultaneously.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed