New Untitled Deck by Soverign

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Esper control-combo list designed to assemble a lethal artifact-based loop while controlling the table with top-tier interaction. Its primary win condition pairs Bolas's Citadel with Sensei's Divining Top and Papalymo Totolymo. By tapping the Top to draw and recasting it from the library with Citadel, Papalymo drains each opponent for 1 and gains 1 life per loop, killing the table on Turn 4 in a single turn. The deck supports this game plan through dense tutors, fast mana rituals, and an extensive suite of free countermagic. Silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Silence, Teferi, Time Raveler, and Ranger-Captain of Eos ensure the winning turn cannot be disrupted. When fast assembly is pressured, the deck pivots into an oppressive midrange control shell powered by The One Ring, Necropotence, and Rhystic Study, winning later with full stack superiority.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed