Feline the Burn by user7047143

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Lifegain Combo-Control list piloted by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary game plan revolves around utilizing Y'shtola's passive triggers to generate massive card advantage and board control through damage-triggered auras like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, Sigil of Sleep, and Helm of the Ghastlord. Every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater deals 2 damage to each opponent and gains 2 life, which simultaneously drains the table, refills your hand, and strips opposing boards. The deck accelerates into decisive two-card infinite combos, predominantly pairing 'Blood' effects (Exquisite Blood, Bloodthirsty Conqueror) with 'Bond' effects (Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, Enduring Tenacity, Marauding Blight-Priest, Starscape Cleric). Backed by proactive protection like Grand Abolisher and Teferi, Time Raveler, alongside efficient interaction and compact backup combos like Thassa's Oracle and Heliod, Sun-Crowned, the deck consistently closes out games on Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Doomsday
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Energy Tap
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lifelink
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed