Sylvan Yeti
Creature — Yeti
Sylvan Yeti's power is equal to the number of cards in your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Starter 1999
- Price
- $1.58
- EDHREC rank
- #26711
Sylvan Yeti is a vanilla beater whose power scales with the number of cards in hand — high ceiling in hand-size decks, floor of a 4/4 for four in the average build. The cost is real: no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, just stats that shrink the moment you cast spells.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sylvan Yeti finds a home in decks that punish opponents for drawing cards or reward you for hoarding them — Leovold, Emissary of Trest and Tymna the Weaver adjacents aside, it fits best in green-heavy builds that stock hand size rather than dump it. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; neither format has room for a four-mana vanilla that competes against Tarmogoyf and Delver of Secrets. Sylvan Yeti is a Commander card in practice, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.58 cheap tier
At $1.58, Sylvan Yeti sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to throw into any hand-size build without a second thought. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.