Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Legendary Creature — Cat Warlock
Vigilance
At the beginning of each end step, if a player lost 4 or more life this turn, you draw a card.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $2.62
- EDHREC rank
- #3069
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed puts a free protection spell on the stack every time a teammate's creature dies, taxing opponents for targeting your board while generating incremental card selection — the engine runs itself. The cost is real: it does nothing the turn it enters and demands a deck full of creatures dying regularly to stay active, which makes it a passenger in the wrong shell and a powerhouse in the right one, particularly alongside G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn is built around cooperative creature play and shared-resource loops, so Y'shtola, Night's Blessed slots in as a defensive layer that turns every creature death into a protection trigger — keeping G'raha's own lines intact while the engine grinds forward.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Y'shtola, Night's Blessed lives — multiplayer tables generate enough creature deaths every turn cycle to keep the triggered ability firing constantly, and the political value of protecting teammates' boards is a real commodity in four-player games. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but uninterested; three mana for a passive trigger that requires a cooperative board state doesn't compete with those formats' threat density. Oathbreaker is the most plausible non-Commander home, where the tighter game state and lower starting loyalty on planeswalkers make protection effects more meaningful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.62 cheap tier
At $2.62, Y'shtola, Night's Blessed sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's a no-brainer include if the shell fits, no budget justification needed. Crossover cards tied to specific IP tend to hold a floor as long as the fanbase stays engaged, so don't expect this to crater.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.