Yshtola szept 27 by ygnacz

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Lifegain Control strategy commanded by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It focuses on establishing early mana acceleration and card flow by deploying Y'shtola alongside damage-trigger draw enchantments like Curiosity and Ophidian Eye. Casting noncreature spells with mana value 3 or greater triggers Y'shtola to deal 2 damage to each opponent, gain 2 life, and draw multiple cards every turn cycle. The deck controls the game using asymmetric taxing and board control pieces like Teferi, Time Raveler, Blind Obedience, and Sigil of Sleep, alongside highly efficient removal and countermagic. The primary win condition is the deterministic two-card infinite combo of Exquisite Blood and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity, which drains all three opponents to zero life in a single turn. Backup win routes include Bolas's Citadel storm lines, Demonic Consultation into Laboratory Maniac, and Aetherflux Reservoir lifegain bursts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitary Confinement
  • 1 Stormscape Familiar
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Test of Endurance
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed