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Yosei, the Morning Star
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Yosei, the Morning Star

{4}{W}{W}

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Flying

When Yosei dies, target player skips their next untap step. Tap up to five target permanents that player controls.

5 / 5

Flying
Set
Champions of Kamigawa (CHK #50)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
6
Released
2004-10-01
Artist
Hiro Izawa
EDHREC rank
#10,076
Colour identity
{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
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 0.81
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 17

Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Ashnod's Altar
{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
290 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Nim Deathmantle+Ashnod's Altar
{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
242 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Phyrexian Altar
{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
153 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Altar of Dementia
{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
137 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Nim Deathmantle+Phyrexian Altar
{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
122 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Viscera Seer
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
90 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Yahenni, Undying Partisan
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
61 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Blasting Station
{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
55 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Bartolomé del Presidio
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
49 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Carrion Feeder
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
45 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Goblin Bombardment
{R}{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
29 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Umbral Collar Zealot
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
21 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Woe Strider
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
15 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Bloodflow Connoisseur
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
5 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
4 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Thermopod
{R}{W}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
3 decks Commander Spellbook ↗
Yosei, the Morning Star+Gift of Immortality+Phantom Train
{W}{B}
LockOpponents skip their untap steps
0 decks Commander Spellbook ↗

All 17 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Gift of Immortality 77 %+72.5 %
  2. Blade of Selves 66 %+63.3 %
  3. Nim Deathmantle 64 %+63.2 %
  4. Angelic Renewal 63 %+61.3 %
  5. Ashnod's Altar 64 %+59.3 %
  6. High Market 60 %+58.1 %
  7. Brought Back 58 %+55.0 %
  8. Martyr's Cause 54 %+53.1 %
  9. Karmic Guide 60 %+50.7 %
  10. Loyal Retainers 46 %+45.5 %
  11. Faith's Reward 47 %+45.4 %
  12. Adarkar Valkyrie 45 %+43.7 %
  13. Resurrection 38 %+37.5 %
  14. Graceful Reprieve 37 %+37.1 %
  15. Altar of Dementia 37 %+35.8 %
  16. Starfall Invocation 38 %+35.5 %
  17. Lifeline 35 %+35.1 %
  18. Ao, the Dawn Sky 36 %+34.5 %
  19. Emeria, the Sky Ruin 74 %+34.0 %
  20. Breath of Life 34 %+33.4 %
  21. Second Sunrise 34 %+33.1 %
  22. Restoration Seminar 36 %+31.8 %
  23. Sun Titan 53 %+31.3 %
  24. Aven Mindcensor 37 %+31.1 %
  25. Solemn Simulacrum 49 %+30.9 %
  26. Strionic Resonator 32 %+30.8 %
  27. Resurrection Orb 30 %+29.1 %
  28. Emeria Shepherd 42 %+28.9 %
  29. Phyrexian Altar 31 %+28.8 %
  30. Reya Dawnbringer 32 %+28.6 %
  31. Weathered Wayfarer 41 %+27.8 %
  32. Breathkeeper Seraph 31 %+27.5 %
  33. Magus of the Tabernacle 27 %+27.2 %
  34. Ghostly Prison 48 %+27.2 %
  35. Aura of Silence 31 %+27.2 %
  36. Late to Dinner 29 %+27.1 %
  37. Deep Gnome Terramancer 34 %+26.7 %
  38. Thran Dynamo 32 %+26.6 %
  39. Fanatical Devotion 27 %+26.3 %
  40. Loxodon Gatekeeper 26 %+25.3 %
  41. Blind Obedience 35 %+24.9 %
  42. Continue? 26 %+24.2 %
  43. Reveillark 25 %+23.4 %
  44. Grand Abolisher 42 %+23.1 %
  45. Knight of the White Orchid 48 %+22.9 %
  46. H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot 23 %+22.7 %
  47. Miren, the Moaning Well 23 %+22.7 %
  48. Preston, the Vanisher 24 %+21.4 %
  49. Mangara, the Diplomat 41 %+21.3 %
  50. Kami of False Hope 22 %+20.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 88 %-5.9 %
  2. Sol Ring 82 %-0.6 %
  3. Gift of Immortality 77 %+72.5 %
  4. Emeria, the Sky Ruin 74 %+34.0 %
  5. Pearl Medallion 71 %+11.0 %
  6. Swords to Plowshares 71 %-3.6 %
  7. Blade of Selves 66 %+63.3 %
  8. Ashnod's Altar 64 %+59.3 %
  9. Nim Deathmantle 64 %+63.2 %
  10. Angelic Renewal 63 %+61.3 %
  11. Karmic Guide 60 %+50.7 %
  12. High Market 60 %+58.1 %
  13. Brought Back 58 %+55.0 %
  14. Arcane Signet 57 %-0.5 %
  15. Path to Exile 56 %-11.2 %
  16. Martyr's Cause 54 %+53.1 %
  17. Sun Titan 53 %+31.3 %
  18. Solemn Simulacrum 49 %+30.9 %
  19. Knight of the White Orchid 48 %+22.9 %
  20. Ghostly Prison 48 %+27.2 %
  21. Faith's Reward 47 %+45.4 %
  22. Esper Sentinel 47 %+13.7 %
  23. Loyal Retainers 46 %+45.5 %
  24. Land Tax 46 %+13.4 %
  25. Adarkar Valkyrie 45 %+43.7 %
  26. War Room 44 %+8.9 %
  27. Generous Gift 42 %+0.6 %
  28. Grand Abolisher 42 %+23.1 %
  29. Emeria Shepherd 42 %+28.9 %
  30. Mangara, the Diplomat 41 %+21.3 %
  31. Weathered Wayfarer 41 %+27.8 %
  32. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 40 %+7.5 %
  33. Enlightened Tutor 38 %+16.0 %
  34. Mind Stone 38 %+12.4 %
  35. Starfall Invocation 38 %+35.5 %
  36. Resurrection 38 %+37.5 %
  37. Graceful Reprieve 37 %+37.1 %
  38. Altar of Dementia 37 %+35.8 %
  39. Smothering Tithe 37 %+8.7 %
  40. Skullclamp 37 %+20.3 %
  41. Aven Mindcensor 37 %+31.1 %
  42. Reprieve 36 %+12.9 %
  43. Ao, the Dawn Sky 36 %+34.5 %
  44. Restoration Seminar 36 %+31.8 %
  45. Witch Enchanter 35 %+16.9 %
  46. Lifeline 35 %+35.1 %
  47. Blind Obedience 35 %+24.9 %
  48. Witch Enchanter 35 %+16.9 %
  49. Breath of Life 34 %+33.4 %
  50. Wrath of God 34 %+19.9 %

Format legality

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

Rulings

  • 2017-11-17

    If a permanent won't untap during its controller's next untap step, that effect waits to apply until its controller has an untap step that isn't skipped.

  • 2017-11-17

    If all of the permanents targeted by Yosei's ability become illegal targets, nothing becomes tapped, but the target player still skips their untap step.

  • 2017-11-17

    If any of the targets of Yosei's ability are illegal, they won't be tapped.

  • 2017-11-17

    If more than one effect instructs a player to skip their next untap step, such as if Yosei dies more than once in a turn, that player skips that many untap steps. This is different from effects that state that something doesn't untap during an untap step.

  • 2017-11-17

    If the player becomes an illegal target, the target permanents are tapped, but the player doesn't skip their untap step.

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