Y'shtola, night's blessed by MISTAHJ

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and life-drain control strategy commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The deck revolves around casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater to simultaneously burn all opponents, gain life, and draw extra cards during each end step where 4 or more life was lost. Backed by a diverse suite of Final Fantasy XIV legendary characters and classic Esper control staples, the deck establishes an attrition-heavy board presence. It controls opposing tempo using premier removal like Void Rend and Toxic Deluge while building toward lethal drain finishes via Sanguine Bond, Exsanguinate, and Tendrils of Agony. Token generators such as G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn and Circle of Power supply defensive blockers that transition into secondary combat threats. Operating at a focused, casual-to-mid power level, the list trades explosive fast-mana combos for resilient card advantage, recurring graveyard value, and steady table-wide damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Convolute
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echo Mage
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glen Elendra's Answer
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quistis Trepe
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Thancred Waters
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urianger Augurelt
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Xande, Dark Mage
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed