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Price
€495.56of €500.00
Overall win rate
49%116 wins in 235 scored games
Games
260 (25)played in 26 tournaments, 25 not scored (time limit)
Rank
4in the rankings up to €500 · Elo 1761 (start 1500)
Cards
100incl. commander · 35 lands, 13 of them basic
Game Changer
3of at most 3 allowed
Combos
0complete in the deck
Rules check
Passed100 cards, colors, banlist

At most €500 including the commander. If prices rise above that, the shopping list is rebuilt automatically.

The shopping list was rebuilt with current prices on Oct 25, 2026: the tested version had risen to €502.60, above €500.00. Win rate and placement come from the tested version.

grey: role in the deckGame Changer counts for the bracketCombo part of a comboAI can't play replaced in tournamentsAI limited played weakly by the AI

Commander (1)

Creatures (15)

Planeswalkers (1)

Instants (18)

Sorceries (6)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (13)

Lands (35)

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Card image: © Wizards of the Coast, via Scryfall

What the games show

From 235 analysed games in 26 tournaments (tournament lists as played by Forge). Games that hit the time limit don't count, just like in the rankings. Values in brackets: average of all decks in the same price class. “logged”: recorded in the game log. “indication”: recurring pattern, but no proof of cause and effect.

Play style: wins mostly through direct damage – only 20% is combat damage

Strengths

  • Applies a lot of pressure: avg 41 damage to opponents per game (all-deck avg: 29) logged (235 games)
  • Clears the table: eliminates 0.86 opponents per game on average (all-deck avg: 0.62) logged (235 games)

Weaknesses

  • Depends on its commander: only 14% wins without it, 52% with it indication (14 games without, 221 with commander)

Damage per game all games

Total damage to opponents ÷ all 235 games – what the card contributes over the whole test

  1. Y'shtola, Night's Blessed avg 30.5hit in 206 of 235 games
  2. Wizard Token avg 3.9hit in 80 of 235 games
  3. Alisaie Leveilleur avg 1.3hit in 54 of 235 games

Damage when used when it hits

Total damage ÷ games in which the card dealt damage – its strength when used

  1. Y'shtola, Night's Blessed avg 34.8hit in 206 of 235 games
  2. Wizard Token avg 11.6hit in 80 of 235 games
  3. Hero Token avg 10.0hit in 20 of 235 games

Top finishers eliminates opponents

Cards that most often knocked an opposing commander out of the game

  1. Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 120×235 games in deck
  2. Wizard Token 29×235 games in deck
  3. Hero Token 9×235 games in deck

Best interaction answers threats

Opposing cards destroyed, exiled, bounced or countered when this card resolved (tokens excluded)

  1. Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 308×avg 1.3 per game · 235 games in deck
  2. Cleansing Nova 71×avg 0.3 per game · 235 games in deck
  3. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian 63×avg 0.3 per game · 235 games in deck

Biggest walls blocks the most

Opposing cards that blocked this deck's attackers most often – 17% of 1035 attackers blocked in total, 12% of those by flyers or reach

  1. Wizard Token 7×blocked in 3 games
  2. Vivi Ornitier 5×blocked in 3 games
  3. Human Token 4×blocked in 4 games

Rarely cast candidates to cut

Cards in this list that were cast least often in their games – often too expensive or too slow (lands excluded)

  1. Observed Stasis 0%cast in 0 of 235 games
  2. Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs 0%cast in 0 of 235 games
  3. Talion, the Kindly Lord 0%cast in 0 of 235 games

Wins by turn speed

On which own turn the 116 wins came

  • by turn 73%
  • turns 8–916%
  • turns 10–1134%
  • turns 12–1326%
  • turn 14+20%

Mana curve without lands

Average 2.84

0
12
1
11
2
24
3
13
4
2
5
1
6
1
7+

Roles in the deck

Ramp
14 / 13
Card draw
15 / 12
Removal
15 / 13
Board wipe
2 / 2
Protection
1 / 2
Strategy
17 cards no target

Count / target from the EDHREC average deck (the line), red means clearly below. Strategy: the remaining cards without one of these roles, such as the creatures and effects the deck is built around. 64 non-land cards in total.

Card types

Creatures
15
Planeswalkers
1
Instants
18
Sorceries
6
Artifacts
11
Enchantments
13
Lands
35

Most expensive cards

Esper Sentinel
€39.56
Rhystic Study
€36.66
Smothering Tithe
€32.60
Delney, Streetwise Lookout
€30.10
Otawara, Soaring City
€25.32
Marsh Flats
€24.98
Deadly Rollick
€22.29
Sea of Clouds
€19.68

What the program has learned

Each tournament the deck tests one card. A verdict needs at least 40 games with and without the card. Since the deck is rebuilt every tournament with current prices and data, tested cards can drop out again later.

  • no clear difference Stroke of Midnight instead of Sigil of Sleep · win rate 51% with, 46% without (156 / 79 games)

5 more tested cards are still collecting games.

Shopping list for Cardmarket

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Total €495.56 Cardmarket average as of Oct 27, 2026

Open Cardmarket Wants

Prices without shipping. Individual cards may have become cheaper or more expensive on Cardmarket.

Placement in every tournament

Oldest on the left. Green: top 3, blue: top 10.

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Best place 1 · average place 10.0 · 8× top 3 · 17× top 10 out of 26 tournaments

Played by the Forge AI, four players per game. An average deck wins 25%. How are decks tested?