
Yarok, the Desecrated
Legendary Creature — Elemental Horror
Deathtouch, lifelink
If a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
"Its blighted heart, its spinous hands To break the hosts that foul its lands." —*Triumph of Bala Ged*, stanza 6
3 / 5
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 187
Showing the 50 most played of 187.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Panharmonicon
- Coiling Oracle
- Mulldrifter
- Lotus Cobra
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- Risen Reef
- Ghostly Flicker
- Tireless Provisioner
- Wood Elves
- Ravenous Chupacabra
- Reclamation Sage
- Peregrine Drake
- Avenger of Zendikar
- Baleful Strix
- Scute Swarm
- Massacre Wurm
- Starfield Vocalist
- Eternal Witness
- Rampaging Baloths
- Conjurer's Closet
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- Virtue of Knowledge
- Springbloom Druid
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- Farhaven Elf
- Guardian Project
- Ancient Greenwarden
- Deadeye Navigator
- Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
- Acidic Slime
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Hostage Taker
- Kodama of the East Tree
- Zendikar's Roil
- Displace
- Retreat to Hagra
- Agent of Treachery
- Venser, Shaper Savant
- Mossborn Hydra
- Field of the Dead
- Aether Channeler
- Azusa, Lost but Seeking
- Shriekmaw
- Fabled Passage
- Topiary Stomper
- Reliquary Tower
- Roil Elemental
- Craterhoof Behemoth
- Sire of Stagnation
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Island
- Swamp
- Command Tower
- Sol Ring
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- Eternal Witness
- Coiling Oracle
- Panharmonicon
- Lotus Cobra
- Mulldrifter
- Arcane Signet
- Baleful Strix
- Tireless Provisioner
- Avenger of Zendikar
- Reclamation Sage
- Scute Swarm
- Wood Elves
- Ghostly Flicker
- Breeding Pool
- Overgrown Tomb
- Risen Reef
- Ravenous Chupacabra
- Watery Grave
- Peregrine Drake
- Cultivate
- Massacre Wurm
- Rampaging Baloths
- Farseek
- Counterspell
- Zagoth Triome
- Reliquary Tower
- Starfield Vocalist
- Evolving Wilds
- Misty Rainforest
- Opulent Palace
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Bojuka Bog
- Verdant Catacombs
- Polluted Delta
- Exotic Orchard
- Hinterland Harbor
- Guardian Project
- Springbloom Druid
- Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
- Conjurer's Closet
- Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
- Woodland Cemetery
- Assassin's Trophy
- Nature's Lore
Format legality
Rulings
- 2019-07-12
Abilities that apply "as [this creature] enters the battlefield," such as choosing a color with Diamond Knight, are also unaffected.
- 2019-07-12
If a permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as Yarok (including Yarok itself) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
- 2019-07-12
If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, additional instances of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by instances of the triggered ability.
- 2019-07-12
If you somehow control two Yaroks, a permanent entering the battlefield causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Yarok causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on.
- 2019-07-12
In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used. For example, if Elite Arcanist's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers twice, two cards are exiled. The value of X in the activation cost of Elite Arcanist's other ability is the sum of the two cards' mana values. As the ability resolves, you create copies of both cards and can cast none, one, or both of the copies in any order.
- 2019-07-12
Replacement effects are unaffected by Yarok's ability. For example, a creature that enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter on it won't receive an additional +1/+1 counter.
- 2019-07-12
Yarok affects a permanent's own enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that permanent enters the battlefield. Such triggered abilities start with "when" or "whenever."
- 2019-07-12
Yarok's effect doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.
- 2019-07-12
You don't need to control the permanent entering the battlefield, only the permanent that has the triggered ability.