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Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
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Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

{1}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.

{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

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Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC #181)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
3
Released
2025-04-11
Artist
Anna Podedworna
EDHREC rank
#1,997
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.53
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Changeling Outcast 77 %+72.0 %
  2. Tormented Soul 73 %+70.0 %
  3. Vault Skirge 61 %+59.6 %
  4. Battlefly Swarm 59 %+57.1 %
  5. Nether Traitor 59 %+50.3 %
  6. Vampire Cutthroat 52 %+49.2 %
  7. Faerie Dreamthief 49 %+46.7 %
  8. Dauthi Voidwalker 62 %+46.5 %
  9. Dauthi Slayer 47 %+45.6 %
  10. Grim Hireling 49 %+44.5 %
  11. Gixian Puppeteer 45 %+41.1 %
  12. Drana, Liberator of Malakir 43 %+39.8 %
  13. Reliquary Tower 67 %+38.2 %
  14. Gingerbrute 39 %+37.8 %
  15. Dauthi Horror 38 %+36.7 %
  16. Stirge 37 %+35.7 %
  17. Thought Vessel 60 %+35.5 %
  18. Font of Agonies 39 %+35.1 %
  19. Nighthawk Scavenger 40 %+34.8 %
  20. Vampire of the Dire Moon 37 %+34.6 %
  21. Prickly Boggart 34 %+33.4 %
  22. Pilfering Imp 31 %+30.4 %
  23. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 49 %+29.1 %
  24. Basilica Screecher 31 %+28.7 %
  25. Hope of Ghirapur 29 %+28.2 %
  26. Whip of Erebos 39 %+28.2 %
  27. Bubbling Muck 43 %+27.1 %
  28. Gifted Aetherborn 30 %+26.6 %
  29. Gonti, Night Minister 28 %+24.8 %
  30. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 40 %+24.8 %
  31. Psychosis Crawler 28 %+23.9 %
  32. Phyrexian Obliterator 34 %+23.1 %
  33. Tinybones, the Pickpocket 28 %+23.0 %
  34. Snarling Gorehound 24 %+22.9 %
  35. Exsanguinate 48 %+22.8 %
  36. Eyetwitch 23 %+22.4 %
  37. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 72 %+22.3 %
  38. Defiler of Flesh 26 %+22.0 %
  39. Peer into the Abyss 32 %+21.5 %
  40. Eye Collector 22 %+21.0 %
  41. Vorpal Sword 25 %+20.7 %
  42. Qarsi Revenant 25 %+20.2 %
  43. Deep-Cavern Bat 21 %+19.7 %
  44. Unearth 28 %+19.5 %
  45. Vampire Nighthawk 25 %+19.4 %
  46. Consuming Corruption 34 %+19.1 %
  47. Bitterblossom 32 %+19.0 %
  48. Dauthi Ghoul 19 %+18.4 %
  49. Decanter of Endless Water 21 %+18.3 %
  50. Blight Keeper 18 %+17.9 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 94 %-1.3 %
  2. Sol Ring 80 %-4.9 %
  3. Changeling Outcast 77 %+72.0 %
  4. Dark Ritual 76 %+9.0 %
  5. Tormented Soul 73 %+70.0 %
  6. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 72 %+22.3 %
  7. Reliquary Tower 67 %+38.2 %
  8. Crypt Ghast 65 %+17.8 %
  9. Feed the Swarm 64 %+14.0 %
  10. Dauthi Voidwalker 62 %+46.5 %
  11. Vault Skirge 61 %+59.6 %
  12. Cabal Coffers 61 %+5.8 %
  13. Thought Vessel 60 %+35.5 %
  14. Arcane Signet 60 %-1.7 %
  15. Nether Traitor 59 %+50.3 %
  16. Battlefly Swarm 59 %+57.1 %
  17. Jet Medallion 55 %-6.9 %
  18. Vampire Cutthroat 52 %+49.2 %
  19. Defile 50 %+14.2 %
  20. Grim Hireling 49 %+44.5 %
  21. Faerie Dreamthief 49 %+46.7 %
  22. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 49 %+29.1 %
  23. Bojuka Bog 48 %+1.3 %
  24. Exsanguinate 48 %+22.8 %
  25. Dauthi Slayer 47 %+45.6 %
  26. Gixian Puppeteer 45 %+41.1 %
  27. Bubbling Muck 43 %+27.1 %
  28. Drana, Liberator of Malakir 43 %+39.8 %
  29. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 41 %+3.6 %
  30. Cabal Stronghold 41 %+6.8 %
  31. Toxic Deluge 41 %+3.8 %
  32. Nighthawk Scavenger 40 %+34.8 %
  33. Infernal Grasp 40 %+14.5 %
  34. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 40 %+24.8 %
  35. Withering Torment 39 %+7.9 %
  36. Gingerbrute 39 %+37.8 %
  37. Font of Agonies 39 %+35.1 %
  38. Whip of Erebos 39 %+28.2 %
  39. Lightning Greaves 39 %+4.7 %
  40. Reanimate 38 %-2.6 %
  41. Dauthi Horror 38 %+36.7 %
  42. Vampire of the Dire Moon 37 %+34.6 %
  43. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 37 %+6.9 %
  44. Phyrexian Arena 37 %-2.6 %
  45. Stirge 37 %+35.7 %
  46. Consuming Corruption 34 %+19.1 %
  47. Prickly Boggart 34 %+33.4 %
  48. Phyrexian Obliterator 34 %+23.1 %
  49. Bitterblossom 32 %+19.0 %
  50. Peer into the Abyss 32 %+21.5 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2022-10-14

    If a spell you cast this way has an {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 for X.

  • 2022-10-14

    You may play a land this way only during your own turn and only if you have not yet played a land this turn.

  • 2022-10-14

    You must play the cards as you resolve the last ability. You can't wait and play them later.

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