Commander

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Global commander stats

All Esper commanders Featured in Final Fantasy

5093 Wins

10128 Losses

Overview

Summary

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 15,570 recorded Playgroup games, winning 32% of them (5093–10128) at an Elo of 1,559, ranking #1036 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 16772 damage dealt and 0.67 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 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 15570 recorded Playgroup games (5093 wins, 10128 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?

5,082 decks list Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as their commander on Playgroup, of which 3,426 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

1036

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1559

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 16772

Average commander damage per game 25997

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.67

Average turn length 4 minutes

No. decks for this commander 5082

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 3426

No. games played with this commander 15570

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, 53.71% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

53.71%

Combat

30.87%

Alternative

7.36%

Combo

4.1%

Commander Damage

2.66%

Poison

0.78%

Mill

0.53%

Avg win turn 9.8 based on 5213 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.

+5.0 pp

Top card: Arcane Signet

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Arcane Signet 2,903 games	+5.0 pp	2,903
2	Generous Gift 460 games	+4.9 pp	460
3	Clever Concealment 135 games	+4.6 pp	135
4	Unwind 1,026 games	+4.2 pp	1,026
5	Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway 143 games	+4.1 pp	143
6	High Fae Trickster 327 games	+4.0 pp	327
7	Mindsplice Apparatus 143 games	+3.9 pp	143
8	Amazing Acrobatics 50 games	+3.7 pp	50
9	Blind Obedience 407 games	+3.7 pp	407
10	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 384 games	+3.7 pp	384

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Valley Floodcaller 181 games	+3.6 pp	181
12	Inkshield 801 games	+3.3 pp	801
13	Cyclonic Rift 566 games	+2.9 pp	566
14	Meticulous Archive 270 games	+2.9 pp	270
15	Luck Bobblehead Signature build 54 games · Signature build	+2.8 pp	54

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 37.77% of games from position 1 and 24.86% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

37.77% n=4705

Seat 2

32.91% n=4623

Seat 3

29.4% n=3723

Seat 4

28.64% n=2395

Seat 5

24.86% n=346

Seat 6

30.19% n=53

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins 32.16% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.16% n=4403

1 mulligan

32.14% n=2741

2 mulligans

26.28% n=898

3 mulligans

26.77% n=269

4 mulligans

20.97% n=62

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 10376 self-reports.

3.73 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, opponents flag the game as salty 38.2% of the time across 5242 tracked wins.

38.2 \%

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.