Yshtola V3 - Sigil by phynoz

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 63

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combo-control list commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It leverages low-cost artifact ramp, potent draw engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Curiosity attached to Y'shtola, and a dense suite of premium interactive spells to control the table. The primary win condition is an infinite life-drain loop pairing a damage-to-lifegain effect (Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror) with a lifegain-to-damage effect (Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity). The deck protects its combo assembly using silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Voice of Victory, Silence, and Teferi, Time Raveler, alongside free and low-cost countermagic such as Fierce Guardianship and Dovin's Veto. While it lacks cEDH-tier fast mana, its redundant combo pieces, steady card flow, and layered interaction allow it to establish a decisive instant-speed table kill reliably by turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed