Earth-Origin Yak
Creature — Ox
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23883
Earth-Origin Yak is a french vanilla beater with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no text worth reading — what you see is a body, and the body has to justify its slot on stats alone. It doesn't.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Earth-Origin Yak is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Pauper it faces a creature pool where even common-slot creatures tend to do something beyond occupying space, so it won't find a home there either. In Commander, 99-card construction demands every slot pull weight — a vanilla creature at this cost competes against cards that ramp, draw, or close games, and Earth-Origin Yak does none of those things. Legacy and Vintage aren't even worth discussing seriously; those formats are defined by efficiency that makes this look like a placeholder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
No current price data is available for Earth-Origin Yak, which is consistent with a card that sees essentially no competitive demand. If you need a copy for a specific reason — flavor, theme, or a creature-type synergy in a casual build — expect to find it in bulk bins for pennies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.