yshtola by user8156314

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as an engine commander that rewards noncreature spells and life loss with card draw and life drain. Built around a sturdy control and taxing shell, the list uses pillowfort cards and stax creatures like Drannith Magistrate and Ghostly Prison to stall aggression while accumulating resources through Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Black Market Connections. Its primary win condition is the compact Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo, which can assemble and win on Turn 4 with counterspell protection. If that line is contested, the deck seamlessly pivots to backup infinite life-drain and damage loops featuring Heliod, Sun-Crowned with Walking Ballista or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. The interactive suite provides dense spot removal and sweepers, ensuring the deck can comfortably dictate the tempo of multiplayer tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contamination
  • 1 Copycrook
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Room of Refuge
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Zombify