Y'shtola Revised by Astrale

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed leads an Esper control strategy that drains life and draws cards off mid-cost noncreature spells. The deck controls the board using efficient removal, tax effects, and counterspells while assembling compact combo finishes. The primary win condition is the classic Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation, exiling the library to win immediately on resolution. Alternatively, the deck can assemble an infinite life-drain loop using Exquisite Blood with Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. Secondary lines include casting Peer into the Abyss alongside Sheoldred, the Apocalypse or Underworld Dreams to force lethal draw triggers on opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismiss
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hour of Revelation
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space-Time Anomaly
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed