Commander

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders Featured in Final Fantasy

5423 Wins

10717 Losses

Overview

Summary

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 16,317 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (5423–10717) at an Elo of 1,576, ranking #814 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 16120 damage dealt and 0.66 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Nov 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 33% win rate across 16317 recorded Playgroup games (5423 wins, 10717 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: 5 months.

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

5,433 decks list Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as their commander on Playgroup, of which 3,617 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

814

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1576

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 16120

Average commander damage per game 25100

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.66

Average turn length 1 minute

No. decks for this commander 5433

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 3617

No. games played with this commander 16317

Total hours played 5 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1696	Profanamadres	17	13	81 %
2	1689	Josh	13	11	85 %
3	1676	Jeffpool	26	15	58 %
4	1663	Dragoon	25	16	64 %
5	1648	Chuckles	19	10	53 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, 53.39% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

53.39%

Combat

30.99%

Alternative

7.4%

Combo

4.2%

Commander Damage

2.64%

Poison

0.82%

Mill

0.55%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 5537 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.

+15.9 pp

Top card: Read the Bones

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Read the Bones 126 games	+15.9 pp	126
2	Generous Gift 498 games	+6.8 pp	498
3	Arcane Signet 3,188 games	+5.8 pp	3,188
4	Clever Concealment 140 games	+4.6 pp	140
5	Meticulous Archive 299 games	+4.5 pp	299
6	Sygg, River Cutthroat 507 games	+4.5 pp	507
7	Commandeer 58 games	+4.5 pp	58
8	Promise of Loyalty 482 games	+4.5 pp	482
9	Unwind 1,102 games	+4.2 pp	1,102
10	Alhammarret's Archive 430 games	+4.1 pp	430

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Cyclonic Rift 655 games	+4.1 pp	655
12	Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway 144 games	+4.0 pp	144
13	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 403 games	+3.8 pp	403
14	Inkshield 863 games	+3.7 pp	863
15	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 775 games	+3.6 pp	775

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 38.77% of games from position 1 and 24.66% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

38.77% n=4922

Seat 2

33.42% n=4865

Seat 3

29.51% n=3882

Seat 4

28.73% n=2503

Seat 5

24.66% n=365

Seat 6

30.19% n=53

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins 32.74% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.74% n=4524

1 mulligan

32.83% n=2868

2 mulligans

26.94% n=939

3 mulligans

26.88% n=279

4 mulligans

21.88% n=64

5 mulligans

29.41% n=17

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 10737 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, opponents flag the game as salty 36.8% of the time across 5576 tracked wins.

36.8 \%

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.