Y'Shtax • (Esper Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.00

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Vigilance
At the beginning of each end step, if a player lost 4 or more life this turn, you draw a card.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.

Legendary Creature - Cat Warlock

$---- $180.12 $185.99

Commander

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Burn

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Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, surveil 1.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent may sacrifice a nontoken creature of their choice. Each opponent who doesn't loses 2 life for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Elder

$0.59 $0.31 $0.15

Burn

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Creature

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79

Defacing Duskmage

Deathtouch
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Warlock Dog

Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit (soc) 45

$0.79 $0.37 $0.15

Creature

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Discard

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Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Enchantment

$2.79 $1.94 $0.83

Discard

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Drain

Qty: 1 Price: $1.79

Mai, Scornful Striker

First strike
Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, they lose 2 life.

Legendary Creature - Human Ally Noble

$1.79 $1.02 $0.15

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 8 Price: $15.32

Curiosity

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.99 $0.78 $0.81

Dig Through Time

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for

.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant

$0.59 $0.25 $0.15

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$2.29 $2.22 $1.03

Notion Thief

Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature - Human Rogue

$3.49 $3.32 $1.53

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment

$5.49 $4.35 $2.89

Risky Shortcut

Draw two cards. Each player loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.29 $0.15

Tandem Lookout

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Tandem Lookout is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card."

Creature - Human Scout

$1.29 $1.24 $0.90

Draw

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Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79

Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.32 $0.28

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 38 Price: $55.72

Adarkar Wastes

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$0.79 $0.37 $0.29

Arcane Sanctum

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.99 $0.30 $0.28

Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$3.49 $1.51 $1.35

Brightclimb Pathway

: Add

Land

Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (plst) ZNR-259

$6.49 $4.60 $4.62

Caves of Koilos

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$1.29 $0.88 $0.40

Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.30 $0.18

Clearwater Pathway

: Add

Land

Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (plst) ZNR-260

$7.99 $4.73 $5.14

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.79 $0.27 $0.17

Drowned Catacomb

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.

: Add

Land

$1.99 $1.09 $0.83

Exotic Orchard

: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land

$0.59 $0.37 $0.15

Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.30 $0.15

Hengegate Pathway

: Add

Land

Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260

$6.99 $4.95 $4.79

Ishgard, the Holy See

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land - Town

Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief (fin) 283

$2.99 $1.68 $0.80

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.79 $0.27 $0.15

Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.39 $0.22

Mystic Sanctuary

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land - Island

$2.79 $1.43 $1.42

Plains

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Basic Land - Plains

$0.59 $0.20 $0.15

Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.22 $0.15

Prairie Stream

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Plains Island

$0.59 $0.27 $0.15

Shineshadow Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.35 $0.15

Sunken Hollow

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Island Swamp

$0.59 $0.37 $0.23

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Underground River

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$2.99 $1.60 $1.04

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 3 Price: $17.33

Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment

$6.99 $3.80 $4.13

Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

$9.99 $8.92 $7.87

Queza, Augur of Agonies

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Legendary Creature - Advisor Octopus

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 8 Price: $32.88

Dissipation Field

Whenever a permanent deals damage to you, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment

$4.99 $4.04 $3.11

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$6.99 $6.71 $5.68

Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant

$6.49 $5.21 $4.79

Norn's Annex

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays

for each of those creatures.

Artifact

$5.99 $5.75 $5.25

Not Dead After All

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Instant

$2.79 $1.40 $1.03

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.49 $2.14 $2.09

Supernatural Stamina

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant

$0.79 $0.37 $0.26

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $15.68

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.77 $0.41

Archaeomancer's Map

When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Artifact

$1.99 $1.11 $1.02

Bender's Waterskin

Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$1.79 $0.92 $0.43

Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "

: Add one mana of any color."

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$1.49 $0.75 $0.50

Commander's Sphere

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$4.99 $4.30 $1.97

Monologue Tax

Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.

Enchantment

$2.29 $2.44 $1.18

Relic of Legends

: Add one mana of any color.
Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$1.79 $0.81 $0.66

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.59

Emet-Selch of the Third Seat

Spells you cast from your graveyard cost

less to cast.
Whenever one or more opponents lose life, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Do this only once each turn.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Elder

$0.59 $0.28 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 18 Price: $53.82

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant

$1.29 $0.41 $0.15

Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant

$2.99 $1.72 $1.80

Aura of Silence

Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost

more to cast.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment

$8.99 $8.30 $6.89

Disallow

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant

$0.99 $0.38 $0.15

Dismember

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Instant

$3.99 $4.08 $1.05

Farewell

Choose one or more —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery

$6.49 $4.30 $4.16

Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant

$2.49 $1.88 $1.21

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant

$2.49 $1.40 $1.16

Promise of Loyalty

Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Render Silent

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

Instant

$5.49 $2.59 $2.02

Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant

$0.99 $0.41 $0.26

Single Combat

Each player chooses a creature or planeswalker they control, then sacrifices the rest. Players can't cast creature or planeswalker spells until the end of your next turn.

Sorcery

$1.29 $0.51 $0.39

Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant

$8.49 $5.26 $5.43

Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant

$0.69 $0.38 $0.15

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant

$2.79 $1.71 $1.52

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$1.99 $1.60 $0.97

Void Rend

This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant

$1.29 $0.33 $0.22

Yahenni's Expertise

All creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.
You may cast a spell with mana value 3 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.41 $0.15

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 7 Price: $58.73

Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay

. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment

$7.49 $4.89 $4.58

Dauthi Voidwalker

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.

, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Creature - Rogue Dauthi

$7.49 $5.57 $4.17

Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature - Human Wizard

$17.99 $12.34 $10.83

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$1.29 $0.86 $0.33

Spelltithe Enforcer

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay

Creature - Wizard Elephant

$5.99 $11.09 $3.94

Thalia, Heretic Cathar

First strike
Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$3.49 $1.96 $0.92

Vile Consumption

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 life."

Enchantment

$14.99 $10.43 $8.71

Stax

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Tokens

Qty: 1 Price: $32.99

Charismatic Conqueror

Vigilance
Whenever an artifact or creature an opponent controls enters untapped, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Creature - Vampire Soldier

$32.99 $24.33 $24.12

Tokens

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Tutor

Qty: 2 Price: $39.98

Idyllic Tutor

Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$14.99 $11.93 $11.33

Zur the Enchanter

Flying
Whenever Zur attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$24.99 $27.56 $24.23

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $329.79

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.16Total Mana Value: 196.00

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37 pips - 30 cards

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24 pips - 19 cards

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28 mana - 26 cards

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32 pips - 25 cards

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27 mana - 25 cards

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3 mana - 3 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.16Total Mana Value: 196.00

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