Yshtola by Mariocas

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Esper spellslinger deck is led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, turning noncreature spells into symmetrical burn and card advantage. The deck accelerates in the early turns using efficient mana rocks before deploying Y'shtola on Turn 3. It then multiplies her impact using non-legendary clone effects such as Spark Double, Irenicus's Vile Duplication, and Roaming Throne. Each noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater burns all opponents and gains life, readily meeting Y'shtola's 4-life threshold to draw extra cards on end steps. Defensive pillowfort pieces like Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Blind Obedience suppress aggressive creature strategies and safeguard your life total. The deck converts its mounting card advantage into a decisive win on Turn 6 through spellslinger burn or by assembling the two-card infinite combo of Exquisite Blood and Enduring Tenacity (or Sanguine Bond). Protected by Teferi, Time Raveler and versatile removal, the deck delivers consistent, resilient mid-game pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Virtus's Maneuver
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed