Upgraded Spell craft by user4221272

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed commands an Esper spellslinger control deck that pairs midgame spell density with grinding lifedrain attrition. The deck accelerates through early artifact ramp on Turns 1 to 3 before deploying Y'shtola on Turn 4. Once assembled, casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater triggers Y'shtola to deal 2 damage to each opponent and gain 2 life. This life swing routinely satisfies her end-step condition, drawing an extra card each turn cycle. The deck transitions into a lethal threat around Turn 6 by stacking drain amplifiers like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Enduring Tenacity or token generators like Monastery Mentor and Shark Typhoon. A suite of free protective spells, including Fierce Guardianship and Deadly Rollick, shields key permanents while the deck builds toward a decisive finish on Turn 8 with Debt to the Deathless or Exsanguinate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Estinien Varlineau
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Hraesvelgr of the First Brood
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Memory Deluge
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Good King Mog XII
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urianger Augurelt
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed