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{"ops":[{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"The English primer is presented first. A complete French version follows below."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" is an Esper cEDH Midrange-Control deck built around "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":{"card-link":"Y'shtola, Night's Blessed"}},{"insert":", designed to combine efficient interaction, powerful card advantage, disruptive permanents, and several compact win conditions. The deck does not rely on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Y'shtola, Night's Blessed"}},{"insert":" to function; instead, she acts as an additional value engine that rewards the deck for doing what Esper already wants to do. Many of the deck’s strongest interaction spells, including "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Force of Will"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Force of Negation"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fierce Guardianship"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mindbreak Trap"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deadly Rollick"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dismember"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Baleful Mastery"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fell the Profane // Fell Mire"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs"}},{"insert":", have a mana value of three or greater and therefore trigger "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Y'shtola, Night's Blessed"}},{"insert":" even when they are cast for an alternative or reduced cost. This allows the deck to disrupt opposing strategies while simultaneously pressuring every opponent’s life total, recovering life, and helping enable "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Y'shtola, Night's Blessed"}},{"insert":" end-step card draw. Rather than being a commander-centric strategy, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Y'shtola, Night's Blessed"}},{"insert":" enhances an already functional "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Esper control-combo"},{"insert":" shell and becomes particularly powerful once a game begins to slow down.\n\nThe deck’s primary win condition is the extremely compact "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thassa’s Oracle + Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact"},{"insert":" package. The mana base intentionally avoids duplicated card names so that Tainted Pact can exile the entire library when required. A dense tutor suite consisting of Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Imperial Seal, Grim Tutor, Beseech the Mirror, Mystical Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Wishclaw Talisman, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Urza’s Saga provides enough redundancy to find either a win condition, a protection spell, or the exact answer needed for the current board state. The Oracle line is normally protected by cards such as Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Teferi, Time Raveler, while the large counterspell package allows the deck to defend its own winning attempt or stop opposing combos. The goal is therefore not necessarily to race the fastest decks at the table, but to survive their first attempts, force opponents to expend interaction, and then capitalize on a window where Oracle can resolve safely.\n\nThe deck also contains several alternative win conditions so that opponents cannot focus all of their interaction on Thassa’s Oracle. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bloodchief Ascension"},{"insert":" forms a lethal loop with either "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mindcrank"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Master of Lake-town"},{"insert":" once it has three quest counters. Life loss causes Mindcrank or The Master to mill cards, those cards entering the graveyard trigger Bloodchief Ascension, and Ascension creates additional life loss that restarts the process. Y’shtola naturally supports this plan because her triggers deal damage to every opponent, providing both a way to place quest counters on Bloodchief Ascension and a way to initiate the loop once the pieces are assembled. The Master of Lake-town also provides useful redundancy by functioning as a second mill engine for Bloodchief Ascension, although its symmetrical nature means it must be sequenced carefully around the deck’s own life payments. In particular, Vampiric Tutor and Imperial Seal place the searched card on top of the library before causing life loss, so The Master can potentially mill away that card unless Sensei’s Divining Top or another effect is used to protect it.\n\nA separate win condition is provided by "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista"},{"insert":". Heliod can give Walking Ballista lifelink, allowing Ballista to remove a +1/+1 counter to deal damage, gain life, and trigger Heliod to replace the counter, repeating the process for lethal damage. This package integrates well with the existing tutors: Ranger-Captain of Eos can find Walking Ballista, Enlightened Tutor can find either half, and the black tutors can locate whichever piece is missing. This gives the deck a victory condition that does not depend on emptying the library or keeping Bloodchief Ascension in play. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mornsong Aria + Opposition Agent"},{"insert":" provides another powerful angle. Mornsong Aria replaces normal draw steps with life loss and a library search while preventing players from drawing or gaining life. With Opposition Agent in play, opposing searches are effectively stolen, turning Aria into a powerful soft lock while the deck continues to benefit from its own searches. Aria can also initiate the Bloodchief package through its guaranteed life loss, but it must be deployed deliberately because it shuts off Y’shtola’s card draw and life gain, most conventional draw engines, and the life-gain component required for the Heliod–Ballista loop. Necropotence remains particularly valuable under Aria because it puts cards directly into hand rather than drawing them.\n\nThe deck’s strength comes from how these win conditions are supported by a deep control and value package rather than existing as isolated combos. Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, Faerie Mastermind, Necropotence, The One Ring, Narset, Brainstorm, Ponder, Frantic Search, and Sensei’s Divining Top provide enough card advantage and selection to sustain long interactive games. Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, Narset, Vexing Bauble, Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Teferi provide targeted disruption without turning the deck into a full prison strategy. Vexing Bauble is especially powerful against free spells but requires careful sequencing because it can also interfere with the deck’s own Force of Will, Force of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick, and Mindbreak Trap. The removal suite, including Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Dismember, Amphibian Downpour, Into the Flood Maw, Deadly Rollick, Baleful Mastery, Fell the Profane, Otawara, and Sink into Stupor, ensures that the deck can answer problematic permanents that make it through the counterspell package.\n\nFast mana from Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Dark Ritual, Arcane Signet, the three Talismans, Ancient Tomb, Gemstone Caverns, Lotho, and Smothering Tithe allows the deck to establish its engines quickly while still keeping mana available for interaction. The mana base combines fetchlands, original dual lands, shocklands, surveil lands, Verge lands, Bond lands, and rainbow sources to provide consistent Esper colors while preserving the singleton structure required by Tainted Pact. Overall, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" is designed around flexibility rather than pure speed. It can threaten a fast Oracle win, grind through longer games with Y’shtola and its card-advantage engines, lock opponents with disruptive permanents, or pivot into Bloodchief Ascension, Heliod–Ballista, or Mornsong Aria depending on what the table leaves exposed. The deck’s objective is to survive the fastest strategies, make opposing win attempts expensive, accumulate more resources than the table, and eventually force through whichever win condition is the hardest for the opponents to answer.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" est un deck cEDH Esper de type Midrange-Control construit autour de "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed"},{"insert":", dont l’objectif est de combiner des interactions efficaces, de puissants moteurs de cartes, des permanents perturbateurs et plusieurs conditions de victoire compactes. Le deck ne dépend pas de Y’shtola pour fonctionner; elle agit plutôt comme un moteur de valeur supplémentaire qui récompense naturellement ce qu’un deck Esper compétitif souhaite déjà faire. Plusieurs des meilleures interactions de la liste, notamment Force of Will, Force of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Mindbreak Trap, Deadly Rollick, Dismember, Baleful Mastery, Fell the Profane et Sink into Stupor, possèdent une valeur de mana de trois ou plus et déclenchent donc Y’shtola même lorsqu’elles sont lancées grâce à un coût alternatif ou réduit. Le deck peut ainsi perturber les stratégies adverses tout en diminuant simultanément les totaux de vie, en récupérant des points de vie et en facilitant la pioche de Y’shtola à l’étape de fin. Il ne s’agit donc pas d’une stratégie entièrement centrée sur la commandante : Y’shtola améliore une structure Esper Control-Combo déjà fonctionnelle et devient particulièrement puissante lorsque la partie commence à ralentir.\n\nLa condition de victoire principale demeure la combinaison extrêmement compacte de "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thassa’s Oracle avec Demonic Consultation ou Tainted Pact"},{"insert":". La base de mana évite volontairement les noms de cartes en double afin que Tainted Pact puisse exiler l’ensemble de la bibliothèque lorsque nécessaire. Une forte densité de tuteurs composée de Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Imperial Seal, Grim Tutor, Beseech the Mirror, Mystical Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Wishclaw Talisman, Ranger-Captain of Eos et Urza’s Saga permet de trouver aussi bien une condition de victoire qu’une protection ou la réponse précise exigée par la situation. La combinaison Oracle est généralement protégée par Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos ou Teferi, Time Raveler, alors que la grande quantité de contresorts permet autant de protéger sa propre tentative que d’empêcher les adversaires de gagner. L’objectif n’est donc pas nécessairement de battre les decks les plus rapides à la course, mais plutôt de survivre à leurs premières tentatives, de forcer la table à consommer ses interactions, puis de profiter d’une ouverture pour résoudre Oracle en sécurité.\nLe deck possède également plusieurs conditions de victoire alternatives afin que les adversaires ne puissent pas consacrer toutes leurs réponses à Thassa’s Oracle. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bloodchief Ascension"},{"insert":" forme une boucle létale avec "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mindcrank"},{"insert":" ou "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Master of Lake-town"},{"insert":" lorsqu’elle possède trois marqueurs quête. Une perte de vie déclenche Mindcrank ou The Master et fait meuler des cartes; celles-ci déclenchent Bloodchief Ascension, qui provoque une nouvelle perte de vie et relance ainsi le processus. Y’shtola soutient naturellement ce plan puisque ses déclenchements infligent des blessures à tous les adversaires, facilitant autant l’activation de Bloodchief Ascension que le démarrage de la boucle lorsque les pièces sont réunies. The Master of Lake-town donne également une importante redondance au module Bloodchief en agissant comme un second moteur de meule, mais son effet symétrique demande un pilotage prudent avec les propres paiements de points de vie du deck. Vampiric Tutor et Imperial Seal, par exemple, placent la carte recherchée sur le dessus de la bibliothèque avant de faire perdre de la vie, ce qui signifie que The Master peut potentiellement meuler immédiatement cette carte si Sensei’s Divining Top ou un autre effet n’est pas utilisé pour la protéger.\n\nUne condition de victoire indépendante est également offerte par "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Heliod, Sun-Crowned et Walking Ballista"},{"insert":". Heliod peut donner le lifelink à Walking Ballista, permettant à celle-ci de retirer un marqueur +1/+1 pour infliger une blessure, gagner de la vie et déclencher Heliod afin de remplacer le marqueur retiré, répétant ensuite la séquence jusqu’à infliger des blessures létales. Cette combinaison s’intègre très bien aux tuteurs existants : Ranger-Captain of Eos peut chercher Walking Ballista, Enlightened Tutor peut trouver l’une ou l’autre des pièces et les tuteurs noirs peuvent récupérer celle qui manque. Le deck possède donc une façon de gagner qui ne dépend ni d’une bibliothèque vide ni du maintien de Bloodchief Ascension sur le champ de bataille. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mornsong Aria avec Opposition Agent"},{"insert":" offre encore un autre axe. Mornsong Aria remplace les étapes de pioche traditionnelles par une perte de vie suivie d’une recherche dans la bibliothèque tout en empêchant la pioche et le gain de vie. Avec Opposition Agent en jeu, les recherches adverses sont pratiquement volées, transformant Aria en puissant soft lock alors que son contrôleur continue de profiter de ses propres recherches. Aria peut également démarrer les combos Bloodchief grâce à sa perte de vie obligatoire, mais elle doit être déployée au bon moment puisqu’elle désactive la pioche et le gain de vie de Y’shtola, la majorité des moteurs de pioche traditionnels ainsi que le gain de vie nécessaire à la boucle Heliod–Ballista. Necropotence demeure particulièrement intéressante sous Aria puisqu’elle place les cartes directement dans la main plutôt que de les faire piocher.\nLa force du deck provient surtout du fait que ces différentes conditions de victoire sont soutenues par une véritable structure de contrôle et d’avantage de cartes plutôt que d’être de simples combos isolées. Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, Faerie Mastermind, Necropotence, The One Ring, Narset, Brainstorm, Ponder, Frantic Search et Sensei’s Divining Top offrent suffisamment de cartes et de sélection pour soutenir des parties longues et interactives. Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, Narset, Vexing Bauble, Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos et Teferi perturbent différents axes des stratégies adverses sans transformer le deck en véritable prison. Vexing Bauble est particulièrement efficace contre les sorts gratuits, mais exige une bonne gestion puisqu’elle peut également nuire aux propres Force of Will, Force of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick et Mindbreak Trap de la liste. Les removals comme Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Dismember, Amphibian Downpour, Into the Flood Maw, Deadly Rollick, Baleful Mastery, Fell the Profane, Otawara et Sink into Stupor permettent quant à eux de répondre aux permanents problématiques qui réussissent à traverser la suite de contresorts.\n\nLe mana rapide fourni par Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Dark Ritual, Arcane Signet, les trois Talismans, Ancient Tomb, Gemstone Caverns, Lotho et Smothering Tithe permet au deck d’installer rapidement ses moteurs tout en conservant du mana pour interagir. La base de terrains combine fetchlands, dual lands originaux, shocklands, surveil lands, Verge lands, Bond lands et sources produisant toutes les couleurs afin d’assurer un accès fiable aux trois couleurs tout en respectant la structure singleton nécessaire à Tainted Pact. Dans l’ensemble, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" est donc construit autour de la flexibilité plutôt que de la vitesse pure. Il peut menacer rapidement une victoire avec Oracle, prolonger la partie grâce à Y’shtola et ses moteurs de cartes, perturber la table avec ses permanents de contrôle ou passer à Bloodchief Ascension, Heliod–Ballista ou Mornsong Aria selon l’axe que les adversaires ont laissé sans défense. L’objectif est de survivre aux stratégies les plus rapides, rendre chaque tentative de victoire adverse coûteuse, accumuler davantage de ressources que la table et finalement imposer la condition de victoire que les adversaires sont le moins capables d’arrêter.\n"}]}
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.
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

Commander
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Bond lands
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Bolas's Citadel
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact

Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Enchantment

The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact

Card Advantage (12 - 20)
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Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.
: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.
: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God

Thassa's Oracle
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk

Combo piece
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Counterspells (0 - 10)
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Fetch lands
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Gift
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Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land

Land
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Teferi, Time Raveler
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
+1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
−3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
+1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
−3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi

Planeswalker
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Rainbow lands
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Ramp (12 - 23)
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Amphibian Downpour
Flash
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copies become tokens.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copies become tokens.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1.
Enchantment - Aura

Into the Flood Maw
Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token before its other effects.)
Return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, instead return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, instead return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant

Removal (5 - 15)
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Shock lands
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Narset, Parter of Veils
Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Planeswalker - Narset

Opposition Agent
Flash
You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries.
While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.
You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries.
While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.
Creature - Human Rogue

Stax ( 0 - 15)
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Surveil lands
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Beseech the Mirror
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Sorcery

Ranger-Captain of Eos
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
Creature - Human Soldier Ranger

Urza's Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains ": Add ."
II — This Saga gains ", : Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost or , put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
I — This Saga gains ": Add ."
II — This Saga gains ", : Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost or , put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's

Tutors (5 - 10)
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Verge lands
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A dense tutor suite consisting of Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Imperial Seal, Grim Tutor, Beseech the Mirror, Mystical Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Wishclaw Talisman, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Urza’s Saga provides enough redundancy to find either a win condition, a protection spell, or the exact answer needed for the current board state. The Oracle line is normally protected by cards such as Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Teferi, Time Raveler, while the large counterspell package allows the deck to defend its own winning attempt or stop opposing combos. The goal is therefore not necessarily to race the fastest decks at the table, but to survive their first attempts, force opponents to expend interaction, and then capitalize on a window where Oracle can resolve safely.\n\nThe deck also contains several alternative win conditions so that opponents cannot focus all of their interaction on Thassa’s Oracle. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bloodchief Ascension"},{"insert":" forms a lethal loop with either "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mindcrank"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Master of Lake-town"},{"insert":" once it has three quest counters. Life loss causes Mindcrank or The Master to mill cards, those cards entering the graveyard trigger Bloodchief Ascension, and Ascension creates additional life loss that restarts the process. Y’shtola naturally supports this plan because her triggers deal damage to every opponent, providing both a way to place quest counters on Bloodchief Ascension and a way to initiate the loop once the pieces are assembled. The Master of Lake-town also provides useful redundancy by functioning as a second mill engine for Bloodchief Ascension, although its symmetrical nature means it must be sequenced carefully around the deck’s own life payments. In particular, Vampiric Tutor and Imperial Seal place the searched card on top of the library before causing life loss, so The Master can potentially mill away that card unless Sensei’s Divining Top or another effect is used to protect it.\n\nA separate win condition is provided by "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista"},{"insert":". Heliod can give Walking Ballista lifelink, allowing Ballista to remove a +1/+1 counter to deal damage, gain life, and trigger Heliod to replace the counter, repeating the process for lethal damage. This package integrates well with the existing tutors: Ranger-Captain of Eos can find Walking Ballista, Enlightened Tutor can find either half, and the black tutors can locate whichever piece is missing. This gives the deck a victory condition that does not depend on emptying the library or keeping Bloodchief Ascension in play. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mornsong Aria + Opposition Agent"},{"insert":" provides another powerful angle. Mornsong Aria replaces normal draw steps with life loss and a library search while preventing players from drawing or gaining life. With Opposition Agent in play, opposing searches are effectively stolen, turning Aria into a powerful soft lock while the deck continues to benefit from its own searches. Aria can also initiate the Bloodchief package through its guaranteed life loss, but it must be deployed deliberately because it shuts off Y’shtola’s card draw and life gain, most conventional draw engines, and the life-gain component required for the Heliod–Ballista loop. Necropotence remains particularly valuable under Aria because it puts cards directly into hand rather than drawing them.\n\nThe deck’s strength comes from how these win conditions are supported by a deep control and value package rather than existing as isolated combos. Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, Faerie Mastermind, Necropotence, The One Ring, Narset, Brainstorm, Ponder, Frantic Search, and Sensei’s Divining Top provide enough card advantage and selection to sustain long interactive games. Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, Narset, Vexing Bauble, Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Teferi provide targeted disruption without turning the deck into a full prison strategy. Vexing Bauble is especially powerful against free spells but requires careful sequencing because it can also interfere with the deck’s own Force of Will, Force of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick, and Mindbreak Trap. The removal suite, including Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Dismember, Amphibian Downpour, Into the Flood Maw, Deadly Rollick, Baleful Mastery, Fell the Profane, Otawara, and Sink into Stupor, ensures that the deck can answer problematic permanents that make it through the counterspell package.\n\nFast mana from Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Dark Ritual, Arcane Signet, the three Talismans, Ancient Tomb, Gemstone Caverns, Lotho, and Smothering Tithe allows the deck to establish its engines quickly while still keeping mana available for interaction. The mana base combines fetchlands, original dual lands, shocklands, surveil lands, Verge lands, Bond lands, and rainbow sources to provide consistent Esper colors while preserving the singleton structure required by Tainted Pact. Overall, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" is designed around flexibility rather than pure speed. It can threaten a fast Oracle win, grind through longer games with Y’shtola and its card-advantage engines, lock opponents with disruptive permanents, or pivot into Bloodchief Ascension, Heliod–Ballista, or Mornsong Aria depending on what the table leaves exposed. The deck’s objective is to survive the fastest strategies, make opposing win attempts expensive, accumulate more resources than the table, and eventually force through whichever win condition is the hardest for the opponents to answer.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" est un deck cEDH Esper de type Midrange-Control construit autour de "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed"},{"insert":", dont l’objectif est de combiner des interactions efficaces, de puissants moteurs de cartes, des permanents perturbateurs et plusieurs conditions de victoire compactes. Le deck ne dépend pas de Y’shtola pour fonctionner; elle agit plutôt comme un moteur de valeur supplémentaire qui récompense naturellement ce qu’un deck Esper compétitif souhaite déjà faire. Plusieurs des meilleures interactions de la liste, notamment Force of Will, Force of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Mindbreak Trap, Deadly Rollick, Dismember, Baleful Mastery, Fell the Profane et Sink into Stupor, possèdent une valeur de mana de trois ou plus et déclenchent donc Y’shtola même lorsqu’elles sont lancées grâce à un coût alternatif ou réduit. Le deck peut ainsi perturber les stratégies adverses tout en diminuant simultanément les totaux de vie, en récupérant des points de vie et en facilitant la pioche de Y’shtola à l’étape de fin. Il ne s’agit donc pas d’une stratégie entièrement centrée sur la commandante : Y’shtola améliore une structure Esper Control-Combo déjà fonctionnelle et devient particulièrement puissante lorsque la partie commence à ralentir.\n\nLa condition de victoire principale demeure la combinaison extrêmement compacte de "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Thassa’s Oracle avec Demonic Consultation ou Tainted Pact"},{"insert":". La base de mana évite volontairement les noms de cartes en double afin que Tainted Pact puisse exiler l’ensemble de la bibliothèque lorsque nécessaire. Une forte densité de tuteurs composée de Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Imperial Seal, Grim Tutor, Beseech the Mirror, Mystical Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Wishclaw Talisman, Ranger-Captain of Eos et Urza’s Saga permet de trouver aussi bien une condition de victoire qu’une protection ou la réponse précise exigée par la situation. La combinaison Oracle est généralement protégée par Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos ou Teferi, Time Raveler, alors que la grande quantité de contresorts permet autant de protéger sa propre tentative que d’empêcher les adversaires de gagner. L’objectif n’est donc pas nécessairement de battre les decks les plus rapides à la course, mais plutôt de survivre à leurs premières tentatives, de forcer la table à consommer ses interactions, puis de profiter d’une ouverture pour résoudre Oracle en sécurité.\nLe deck possède également plusieurs conditions de victoire alternatives afin que les adversaires ne puissent pas consacrer toutes leurs réponses à Thassa’s Oracle. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bloodchief Ascension"},{"insert":" forme une boucle létale avec "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mindcrank"},{"insert":" ou "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Master of Lake-town"},{"insert":" lorsqu’elle possède trois marqueurs quête. Une perte de vie déclenche Mindcrank ou The Master et fait meuler des cartes; celles-ci déclenchent Bloodchief Ascension, qui provoque une nouvelle perte de vie et relance ainsi le processus. Y’shtola soutient naturellement ce plan puisque ses déclenchements infligent des blessures à tous les adversaires, facilitant autant l’activation de Bloodchief Ascension que le démarrage de la boucle lorsque les pièces sont réunies. The Master of Lake-town donne également une importante redondance au module Bloodchief en agissant comme un second moteur de meule, mais son effet symétrique demande un pilotage prudent avec les propres paiements de points de vie du deck. Vampiric Tutor et Imperial Seal, par exemple, placent la carte recherchée sur le dessus de la bibliothèque avant de faire perdre de la vie, ce qui signifie que The Master peut potentiellement meuler immédiatement cette carte si Sensei’s Divining Top ou un autre effet n’est pas utilisé pour la protéger.\n\nUne condition de victoire indépendante est également offerte par "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Heliod, Sun-Crowned et Walking Ballista"},{"insert":". Heliod peut donner le lifelink à Walking Ballista, permettant à celle-ci de retirer un marqueur +1/+1 pour infliger une blessure, gagner de la vie et déclencher Heliod afin de remplacer le marqueur retiré, répétant ensuite la séquence jusqu’à infliger des blessures létales. Cette combinaison s’intègre très bien aux tuteurs existants : Ranger-Captain of Eos peut chercher Walking Ballista, Enlightened Tutor peut trouver l’une ou l’autre des pièces et les tuteurs noirs peuvent récupérer celle qui manque. Le deck possède donc une façon de gagner qui ne dépend ni d’une bibliothèque vide ni du maintien de Bloodchief Ascension sur le champ de bataille. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mornsong Aria avec Opposition Agent"},{"insert":" offre encore un autre axe. Mornsong Aria remplace les étapes de pioche traditionnelles par une perte de vie suivie d’une recherche dans la bibliothèque tout en empêchant la pioche et le gain de vie. Avec Opposition Agent en jeu, les recherches adverses sont pratiquement volées, transformant Aria en puissant soft lock alors que son contrôleur continue de profiter de ses propres recherches. Aria peut également démarrer les combos Bloodchief grâce à sa perte de vie obligatoire, mais elle doit être déployée au bon moment puisqu’elle désactive la pioche et le gain de vie de Y’shtola, la majorité des moteurs de pioche traditionnels ainsi que le gain de vie nécessaire à la boucle Heliod–Ballista. Necropotence demeure particulièrement intéressante sous Aria puisqu’elle place les cartes directement dans la main plutôt que de les faire piocher.\nLa force du deck provient surtout du fait que ces différentes conditions de victoire sont soutenues par une véritable structure de contrôle et d’avantage de cartes plutôt que d’être de simples combos isolées. Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, Esper Sentinel, Faerie Mastermind, Necropotence, The One Ring, Narset, Brainstorm, Ponder, Frantic Search et Sensei’s Divining Top offrent suffisamment de cartes et de sélection pour soutenir des parties longues et interactives. Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, Narset, Vexing Bauble, Silence, Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos et Teferi perturbent différents axes des stratégies adverses sans transformer le deck en véritable prison. Vexing Bauble est particulièrement efficace contre les sorts gratuits, mais exige une bonne gestion puisqu’elle peut également nuire aux propres Force of Will, Force of Negation, Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick et Mindbreak Trap de la liste. Les removals comme Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Dismember, Amphibian Downpour, Into the Flood Maw, Deadly Rollick, Baleful Mastery, Fell the Profane, Otawara et Sink into Stupor permettent quant à eux de répondre aux permanents problématiques qui réussissent à traverser la suite de contresorts.\n\nLe mana rapide fourni par Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Dark Ritual, Arcane Signet, les trois Talismans, Ancient Tomb, Gemstone Caverns, Lotho et Smothering Tithe permet au deck d’installer rapidement ses moteurs tout en conservant du mana pour interagir. La base de terrains combine fetchlands, dual lands originaux, shocklands, surveil lands, Verge lands, Bond lands et sources produisant toutes les couleurs afin d’assurer un accès fiable aux trois couleurs tout en respectant la structure singleton nécessaire à Tainted Pact. Dans l’ensemble, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I assume there is no treating with you?"},{"insert":" est donc construit autour de la flexibilité plutôt que de la vitesse pure. Il peut menacer rapidement une victoire avec Oracle, prolonger la partie grâce à Y’shtola et ses moteurs de cartes, perturber la table avec ses permanents de contrôle ou passer à Bloodchief Ascension, Heliod–Ballista ou Mornsong Aria selon l’axe que les adversaires ont laissé sans défense. L’objectif est de survivre aux stratégies les plus rapides, rendre chaque tentative de victoire adverse coûteuse, accumuler davantage de ressources que la table et finalement imposer la condition de victoire que les adversaires sont le moins capables d’arrêter.\n"}]}






















































































