Y'shtola (FF upgrades only) by user4455626

Format: Commander

Creator: user4455626

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper spellslinger and life-attrition list headed by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. It aims to control the pace of the game through versatile removal while steadily grinding down opponents' life totals. The engine comes online around turn 4 when Y'shtola is deployed alongside 3+ mana value noncreature spells, converting casts into 2-damage pings, life gain, and regular end-step card draw. Rather than racing for an early combo, the deck accumulates tokens and incremental life advantages through secondary engines like G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn and Bastion of Remembrance. Around turn 7, the deck pivots into its closing phase, using finishers like Akroma's Will, kicked Rite of Replication, or a well-timed Exsanguinate to eliminate the table across two response cycles, concluding the game around turn 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alisaie Leveilleur
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Blue Mage's Cane
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dancer's Chakrams
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Estinien Varlineau
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Lyse Hext
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sage's Nouliths
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thancred Waters
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urianger Augurelt
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 White Auracite
  • 1 Y'shtola Rhul
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival