Y´shtola Upgraded by toji711

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck leverages Y'shtola, Night's Blessed at the helm of an Esper control shell designed to bleed opponents while sustaining a high life total and refilling the hand. Y'shtola turns noncreature spells into symmetrical damage and life gain, weaponizing curiosity effects like Curiosity and Ophidian Eye into massive card draw bursts. The deck maintains control of the game using premium free and low-cost removal such as Fierce Guardianship, Force of Will, and Deadly Rollick. Once the board is stabilized, it pivots into game-ending combinations, primarily Exquisite Blood paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity, as well as Mindcrank with Bloodchief Ascension. With silence effects like Teferi, Time Raveler and Grand Abolisher, the deck reliably protects its infinite life-drain finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed