Commander

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Global commander stats

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4111 Wins

8087 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 12,234 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (4111–8087) at an Elo of 1,664, ranking #150 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 36 damage dealt and 0.71 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 3 Aug 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 12234 recorded Playgroup games (4111 wins, 8087 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: about 1 year.

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

3,671 decks list Y'shtola, Night's Blessed as their commander on Playgroup, of which 2,558 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

150

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1664

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 36

Average commander damage per game 3

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.71

Average turn length 6 minutes

No. decks for this commander 3671

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 2558

No. games played with this commander 12234

Total hours played about 1 year

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1670	Josh	11	9	82 %
2	1660	Drakorex	13	8	62 %
3	1650	Jeffpool	21	12	57 %
4	1634	Mark Donisthorpe	12	7	58 %
5	1605	Crownguard	26	8	32 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, 54.48% of wins come via non combat damage across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Non Combat Damage

54.48%

Combat

30.94%

Alternative

7.44%

Combo

3.3%

Commander Damage

2.56%

Poison

0.71%

Mill

0.57%

Avg win turn 9.9 based on 4225 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.

+11.1 pp

Top card: Midnight Clock

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Midnight Clock Signature build 48 games · Signature build	+11.1 pp	48
2	Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway 46 games	+9.7 pp	46
3	Mindsplice Apparatus 65 games	+8.6 pp	65
4	High Fae Trickster 199 games	+7.1 pp	199
5	Arcane Signet 1,601 games	+7.0 pp	1,601
6	Generous Gift 221 games	+7.0 pp	221
7	Blind Obedience 230 games	+6.7 pp	230
8	Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive 220 games	+6.1 pp	220
9	Alhammarret's Archive 219 games	+5.8 pp	219
10	Massacre 61 games	+5.8 pp	61

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Exotic Orchard 1,352 games	+5.6 pp	1,352
12	Inkshield 427 games	+4.8 pp	427
13	Drowned Catacomb 1,282 games	+4.4 pp	1,282
14	Fellwar Stone 369 games	+4.3 pp	369
15	Misleading Signpost 91 games	+4.2 pp	91

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 39.06% of games from position 1 and 26.37% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

39.06% n=3541

Seat 2

33.94% n=3494

Seat 3

30.49% n=2994

Seat 4

29.02% n=1940

Seat 5

26.37% n=292

Seat 6

32.0% n=50

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins 32.8% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

32.8% n=3511

1 mulligan

33.12% n=2133

2 mulligans

28.37% n=698

3 mulligans

29.21% n=202

4 mulligans

24.0% n=50

5 mulligans

27.27% n=11

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 3.72/5 on average, across 8566 self-reports.

3.72 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Y'shtola, Night's Blessed wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.1% of the time across 4220 tracked wins.

68.1 \%

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.