Y'shtola by JayTizzle

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This Esper deck uses Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as a potent spellslinger engine and win condition. By pairing Y'shtola with curiosity effects like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Helm of the Ghastlord, every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater deals 2 damage to each opponent and draws 3 cards. The deck leverages high printed mana value spells with alternate free costs—such as Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick, and Snuff Out—to disrupt opposing game plans at zero mana while refueling your hand and draining the table. Once card advantage is established, the deck transitions into a definitive finish using the classic Exquisite Blood combo with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity, instantly draining all opponents to zero. A robust defensive package including Propaganda, Ghostly Prison, and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV protects your life total during setup.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Into the Story
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed