tola by user8189698

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 85

Deck overview

This deck is a high-performance Esper cEDH combo-control build commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages compact mana acceleration and premier card engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Esper Sentinel to maintain continuous resource velocity. The primary game plan races toward a Turn 3 victory using Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact. An extensive suite of low-cost universal tutors ensures high consistency, while proactive silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Silence, Teferi, Time Raveler, and Ranger-Captain of Eos completely seal the stack on the winning turn. Disruption from Opposition Agent, Drannith Magistrate, and free counterspells slows opposing fast combo decks, allowing this deck to execute its own win lines with maximum resilience. Backup win conditions including Bolas's Citadel and the Bloodchief Ascension plus Mindcrank combo provide layered redundancy if the primary line is contested.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed