Yshtola by kebablord2

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper draw-go control deck helmed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, built entirely around her two triggers: casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to deal 2 damage to each opponent and gain life, and drawing a card at each end step whenever a player lost 4+ life. The deck is a dense pile of counterspells, instant-speed removal, and cantrip-quality draw spells that grind out incremental ping damage. Secondary damage comes from Papalymo Totolymo and the wizard tokens created by Circle of Power and Transpose, while Talrand, Sky Summoner and Hermes, Overseer of Elpis provide a flying combat backup. There are no infinite combos - the deck wins by out-drawing and out-countering the table, then burning everyone out with Y'shtola's trigger over several turns.

Decklist (78 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bane's Contingency
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crushing Disappointment
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Dismiss
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Ertai's Scorn
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Slash the Ranks
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Manipulation
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Whirlwind Denial
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed