catgirl by Gaullo

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive Esper build designed around fast mana acceleration, resilient card advantage engines, and a compact combo finish. Led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, the deck leverages efficient draw engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and The One Ring alongside life-attrition pieces like Orcish Bowmasters and Kambal, Consul of Allocation to maintain card velocity and punish opposing turbo strategies. The primary win condition is the premier two-card combination of Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, which wins immediately on Turn 3. The deck protects its combo using proactive silence effects such as Silence, Orim's Chant, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, while holding a dense suite of free and one-mana counterspells like Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Flusterstorm. If its primary line is disrupted, it recovers smoothly through cheap recursion and secondary mana-engine outlets.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Disrupting Shoal
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rug of Smothering
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed