Refuse to Yield
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+7 until end of turn. Untap it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #11763
Refuse to Yield lets a creature block and survive combat — it doesn't just prevent damage, it untaps the blocker afterward, turning a defensive moment into a tempo gain. In Doran, the Siege Tower builds where toughness doubles as offense, keeping a high-toughness blocker alive and ready to swing back is exactly the kind of compounding value this card delivers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Doran, the Siege Tower
Doran, the Siege Tower turns every high-toughness creature into a threat, and Refuse to Yield keeps those same creatures alive through combat while untapping them for an attack on the crack-back — one card that protects your engine and reloads your offense simultaneously.
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 |
Refuse to Yield is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander. In one-on-one formats, a three-mana instant that replaces itself and prevents combat damage is too slow and too conditional to make a 60-card roster — combat tricks at this cost need to either win the game or generate card advantage to matter, and Refuse to Yield does neither reliably outside of niche toughness-matters shells. In Commander, the calculus shifts: protecting a key creature from a multi-attacker board, then untapping it for a counterattack, can be decisive in ways that don't translate to faster formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Refuse to Yield is deep bulk — you'll find it in common bins or as throw-in filler. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes a dormant archetype into the spotlight, so pick it up for a Doran, the Siege Tower list without a second thought and don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.