Y'Shtola Versi I by user3921895

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Combo-Control shell commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, designed to control the pace of the game through high-efficiency removal, stax-lite taxing effects, and steady card advantage before executing a decisive two-card infinite combo. The primary game plan revolves around assembling Exquisite Blood alongside Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Starscape Cleric, creating a self-sustaining loop that instantly drains each opponent from full health to zero upon any life total change. In addition, the deck carries the compact Bloodchief Ascension plus Mindcrank combo as a potent backup route. An elite suite of free and low-cost interaction—including Force of Negation, Deadly Rollick, Swords to Plowshares, and Mana Drain—keeps opposing threats in check. Meanwhile, proactive protection such as Voice of Victory, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Silence completely seals the combo turn against enemy disruption, providing a resilient and reliable path to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Multiversal Recruitment
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed