Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
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.
, 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.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Brothers' War Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2019
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor puts a card-draw engine on the board the moment creatures start connecting — every attacking creature that hits an opponent draws you a card, regardless of who controls it. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 with no evasion of its own, so you need a board state to make the trigger relevant; pair it with Gonti, Night Minister's drain-on-enter shell and the gap between investment and payoff closes fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
Gonti, Night Minister rewards you for draining opponents, and Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor turns every creature that gets through into a card, feeding the hand size that fuels Gonti's triggers — the two stack into a tight drain-and-refuel loop.
Mishra, Claimed by Gix
Mishra, Claimed by Gix merges attackers with opponents' creatures, meaning those combined attackers all trigger Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor's draw ability — the merge mechanic directly multiplies Gix's output every combat.
Rev, Tithe Extractor
Rev, Tithe Extractor taxes opponents for playing the game, and Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor converts the resulting combat pressure into card advantage, giving the deck a second axis of incremental value beyond the tax engine.
Zurgo Stormrender
Zurgo Stormrender pushes wide go-wide goblin attacks, and Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor turns that mass combat into mass card draw — with multiple creatures connecting each swing, the draw triggers stack quickly.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant goads opponents into attacking each other, and Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor's trigger fires on any player's attacking creatures — so every goaded swing at a third player still puts a card in your hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor does its best work: three opponents mean three potential sets of triggers, and the group-slug draw clause punishes tables full of creature-based strategies. In Legacy and Vintage, the four-mana slot is brutally competitive and Gix offers no immediate board impact, so it sees essentially no play there. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically legal but the same problem applies — a 3/3 for four that draws cards only on attack is too slow without the guaranteed multi-opponent environment of Commander. Oathbreaker is the one alternative where Gix can shine, especially as a signature spell target in a black aggro shell, though the 20-life starting total sharpens the window.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor isn't available in our system — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given the card's strong Commander demand and the 62% inclusion rate in Gonti, Night Minister decks, it's unlikely to be a bulk rare, so price accordingly before picking one up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.