cat control by Isheria

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper control deck uses Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as a steady drain and draw engine. You cast noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to deal 2 damage to each opponent and gain 2 life, and you draw when any player loses 4 or more life in a turn. The primary plan grinds opponents down with repeated triggers from Y'shtola, Kambal, Papalymo, Bloodchief Ascension and Sheoldred while you control the board with 40 interaction pieces. A secondary, slower path loops Bolas's Citadel with Sensei's Divining Top and Sheoldred for infinite draw and life. Y'shtola is the central engine; hidden commanders like Sheoldred and Kambal provide redundant drain if she is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Render Silent
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tragic Arrogance
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Undermine
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed