xd500 by user3867139

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper artifact-centric spellslinger and control deck commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The strategy turns every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater into a 2-damage burn and 2-life drain against all opponents. By enchanting Y'shtola with Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, Tandem Lookout, or Helm of the Ghastlord, each 3-mana spell deals damage to three players and draws three cards. Cost reducers such as Etherium Sculptor, Foundry Inspector, and Cloud Key reduce 3-cost artifacts into cheap or free spells, enabling explosive churn across the library. Trigger doublers like Delney, Streetwise Lookout and Roaming Throne accelerate both damage output and card draw, while Simulacrum Synthesizer constructs a massive army of scaling artifact tokens with every cast. A robust defensive package of free interaction and flash protection spells shields Y'shtola from removal, allowing the deck to rapidly deplete opposing life totals and hands by Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acquisition Octopus
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Energy Tap
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Ossification
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Repurposing Bay
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza, Lord Protector
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed