None of that cheek or I will take you across my knee by aloemiki

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Esper deck is piloted by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, combining noncreature spellslinging, lifegain synergies, and compact infinite drain combos. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Y'shtola on Turn 3 or 4 to establish an incremental burn, life gain, and card advantage engine. Every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater drains opponents while replenishing your hand. The deck smoothly transitions from mid-game value into decisive combo finishes, primarily using Bloodchief Ascension paired with Mindcrank or Exquisite Blood paired with Enduring Tenacity and Sanguine Bond. Zur the Enchanter provides reliable access to critical enchantments, while Curiosity effects transform Y'shtola's group-slug triggers into massive card draw. A strong Esper interaction suite featuring Dovin's Veto, Void Rend, and Toxic Deluge defends the board, while Teferi, Time Raveler and Silence ensure that combo execution remains protected from opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
  • 1 Enchanted Evening
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gift of Immortality
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Perplex
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel of the Godhead
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thancred Waters
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Zur the Enchanter
  • 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer