Con Troll by Dertis25

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a controlling Esper spell-slinger deck: every MV 3 noncreature spell is a 2-point universal drain and life-gain trigger, and her end-step draw condition keeps the hand full. The primary plan is to land Y'shtola early, resolve Decorum Dissertation so its free Paradigm copy fires every first main phase, then chain cheap interaction/draw spells. Valeria Richards, Precocious is the hidden commander, discounting noncreature spells and drawing a card on the first one each turn. Secondary paths include Sanguine Bond/Bloodchief Ascension drain amplification, Shark Typhoon tokens, and a Debt to the Deathless burst. There is no infinite combo; the deck methodically drains all opponents rather than winning in one turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crushing Disappointment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Yahenni's Expertise