Esper Spellcraft Lifedrain by HawthornVine

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a drain-and-draw Esper control/combo deck. The commander is the glue: every MV3+ noncreature spell pings each opponent for 2 and gains 2 life, while the end-step trigger converts 4+ life-loss turns into card draw. The primary plan is to turn those triggers into a table-draining loop with Sanguine Bond, Enduring Tenacity, or Vito combined with Exquisite Blood, or to mill the table with Bloodchief Ascension plus Mindcrank. Secondary wins come from X-spells, Shark Typhoon beats, or Approach of the Second Sun. There is no hidden commander; both combo families work without Y'shtola, but she dramatically accelerates assembly and provides card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashnod's Intervention
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Brush Off
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Divert Disaster
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Faithful Mending
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jace's Triumph
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Keep Watch
  • 1 Magus of the Jar
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mystical Teachings
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Timely Ward
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed