Y'shtola's Pillow Fort

Commander / EDH WUB (Esper)

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Land (38)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Desolate Mire
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 5x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Pit of Offerings
• 5x Plains
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Skycloud Expanse
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Volatile Fault

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Black Market Connections
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Greed
• 1x Helm of the Ghastlord
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Underworld Connections

Instant (18)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Cancel
• 1x Complicate
• 1x Confounding Riddle
• 1x Consuming Ashes
• 1x Convolute
• 1x Geistlight Snare
• 1x Offering to Asha
• 1x Psychic Strike
• 1x Rethink
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Void Rend
• 1x Vraska's Contempt
• 1x Vraska's Fall

Creature (10)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Archon of Absolution
• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Lyse Hext
• 1x Starnheim Courser
• 1x Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1x Urza, Lord Protector  ^Meld
• 1x Windborn Muse

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Primal Amulet
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cleansing Nova
• 1x Final Act
• 1x Legions to Ashes
• 1x Merciless Eviction

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Card Draw

Include 10-15 card draw effects. The “core 10” should usually either be recurrent effects or draw 2+ cards.

• Greed
• Phyrexian Arena
• Underworld Connections
• Ophidian Eye
• Curiosity
• Sygg, River Cutthroat
• Black Market Connections
• Helm of the Ghastlord
• Archmage Emeritus

Removal and Interaction

4 Board Wipes

Ideally, should be 6 or less mana.

• Aetherspouts
• Black Sun Zenith
• Merciless Eviction
• Austere Command
• Cleansing Nova
• Akroma's Vengeance
• Final Act

6 Spot Removal

Each should be 3 or less mana, but can be more if synergies with the decks strategy.

• Void Rend
• Complicate
• Convolute
• Rethink
• Anguished Unmaking
• Utter End
• Legion to Ashes

5-10 Other Interaction

Make sure between this and spot removal you include 4+ cards that can remove graveyards and artifacts / enchantments.

• Unwind
• Psychic Strike
• Geistlight Snare
• Confounding Riddle
• Calculated Dismissal
• Cancel
• Snuff Out
• Vraka's Fall
• Vraska's Contempt
• Consuming Ashes
• Offering to Asha

Mana Ramp

Should be 8-12 cards that ramp how much mana you have. These cards should produce half the mana they cost to play (example: pay 4 for an artifact that taps for 2). The “core 8” should be 2-3 mana each.

• Arcane Signet
• Azorius Signet
• Dimir Signet
• Orzhov Signet
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Progress
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Sol Ring

Bonus Ramp (can be 4+ mana if you are running high mana cost cards)

• Obelisk of Esper
• Commander's Sphere
• Chromatic Lantern
• Darksteel Ingot

Lands

You should have between 35-42 lands in your deck, though it is HIGHLY recommended you stick to 38 until you play test the deck many times.

Untapped lands

Roughly 2/3 of your lands should enter untapped. For 38 lands, that’s roughly 25(+/-4). This includes basic lands.

Mana lands (Focused on color mana production. Basic Lands here.)

• Command Tower
• Darkwater Catacombs
• Skycloud Expanse
• Desolate Mire
• Island x 5
• Swamp x 5
• Plains x 5

Utility lands (Avoid having more than 10 total that don’t produce colored mana)

• Volatile Fault (land hate)
• Field of Ruin (land hate)
• Tectonic Edge (land hate)
• Scavenger Grounds (graveyard removal)

Tapped Lands

Mana Lands - Arcane Sanctum - Drowned Catacomb - Glacial Fortress - Isolated Chapel - Dimir Aqueduct - Azorius Chancery - Orzhov Basilica - Temple of Deceit - Temple of Enlightenment - Temple of Silence

Utility Lands (some may produce color)

• Pit of Offerings (graveyard removal)
• Bojuka Bog (graveyard removal)
• Secluded Steppe (cycling)
• Castle Vantress (scrying)
• Arcane Lighthouse (anti-hexproof)

Thematic Cards

This is the roughly ~29 cards left for the decks strategy. While you should try to fill the above slots with cards that synergies with the deck, these last cards are far less restricted. If you want one of these effects consistently, run 7-10 versions of the same effect to reliably get it.

Mana Cost Reduction

• Cloud Key
• Semblance Anvil
• Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
• Jace's Sanctum
• Urza, Lord Protector
• Primal Amulet
• Starnheim Courser
• Lyse Hext

Cost to Attack Me

• Ghostly Prison
• Windborn Muse
• Baird, Steward of Argive
• Norn's Annex
• Archangel of Tithes
• Archon of Absolution
• Propaganda

Date added	9 months
Last updated	9 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Shapeshifter 3/2 C, Treasure