Commander

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders Featured in Final Fantasy

5181 Wins

10298 Losses

Overview

Summary

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,852 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (5181–10298) at an Elo of 1,494, ranking #3730 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 24679 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 28 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Y'shtola, Night's Blessed's win rate?

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed has a 32% win rate across 15852 recorded Playgroup games (5181 wins, 10298 losses).

How long do winning games with Y'shtola, Night's Blessed take?

Wins with Y'shtola, Night's Blessed take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 12 months.

How many decks use Y'shtola, Night's Blessed?

5,172 decks list Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as their commander on Playgroup, of which 3,492 have played at least one recorded game.

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3730

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1494

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 24679

Average commander damage per game 25672

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 5176

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 3492

No. games played with this commander 15852

Total hours played 12 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1696	Profanamadres	17	13	81 %
2	1676	Jeffpool	26	15	58 %
3	1670	Josh	12	10	83 %
4	1663	Dragoon	25	16	64 %
5	1648	Chuckles	16	9	56 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, 53.72% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

53.72%

Combat

30.82%

Alternative

7.47%

Combo

4.06%

Commander Damage

2.65%

Poison

0.76%

Mill

0.52%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 5301 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks that leave them out.

+16.8 pp

Top card: Read the Bones

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Read the Bones Signature build 120 games · Signature build	+16.8 pp	120
2	Copy Enchantment 53 games	+10.0 pp	53
3	Arcane Signet 3,008 games	+5.3 pp	3,008
4	Generous Gift 468 games	+5.1 pp	468
5	Clever Concealment 136 games	+4.5 pp	136
6	Unwind 1,057 games	+4.1 pp	1,057
7	Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway 144 games	+4.1 pp	144
8	Mindsplice Apparatus 146 games	+3.9 pp	146
9	Meticulous Archive 284 games	+3.8 pp	284
10	Blind Obedience 424 games	+3.7 pp	424

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 390 games	+3.6 pp	390
12	Valley Floodcaller 194 games	+3.4 pp	194
13	Cyclonic Rift 607 games	+3.4 pp	607
14	Commandeer 55 games	+3.3 pp	55
15	High Fae Trickster 347 games	+3.2 pp	347

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins 37.85% of games from position 1 and 24.86% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.85% n=4787

Seat 2

32.72% n=4705

Seat 3

29.39% n=3796

Seat 4

28.73% n=2433

Seat 5

24.86% n=352

Seat 6

30.19% n=53

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins 32.13% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.13% n=4466

1 mulligan

32.14% n=2777

2 mulligans

26.17% n=917

3 mulligans

27.11% n=273

4 mulligans

20.63% n=63

5 mulligans

25.0% n=16

6 mulligans

0.0% n=4

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 3.73/5 on average, across 10506 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.9% of the time across 5334 tracked wins.

37.9 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.