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Y'shtola Rhul

Legendary Creature — Cat Druid

At the beginning of your end step, exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Then if it's the first end step of the turn, there is an additional end step after this step.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Final Fantasy Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2893
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Y'shtola Rhul card art
Y'shtola Rhul lands on the battlefield and immediately starts generating value — her ability to phase out creatures protects your key pieces from removal and board wipes, which is exactly the kind of insurance that wins long games. The cost is that she demands a shell built around untapping or recurrence triggers to get repeated use, and cards like The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk and Dr. Eggman show precisely which engines want her most.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Dr. Eggman

Dr. Eggman

44.3% of decks · synergy 0.41

Dr. Eggman appears in over 44% of decks alongside Y'shtola Rhul because her phasing ability protects the artifact creatures and contraption-style pieces that Eggman's engine depends on surviving to untap.

02
Hope Estheim

Hope Estheim

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.40

Hope Estheim runs Y'shtola Rhul in nearly 46% of builds, using her phase-out protection to keep key party members alive through sweepers so Hope's buff and synergy triggers fire reliably.

03
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

42.6% of decks · synergy 0.39

Gyruda, Doom of Depths wants Y'shtola Rhul to phase out even-mana-cost creatures mid-chain so they dodge incidental removal and re-enter the battlefield to re-trigger Gyruda's cascade of mill-and-reanimate effects.

04
Cynette, Jelly Drover

Cynette, Jelly Drover

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.38

Cynette, Jelly Drover pairs with Y'shtola Rhul to protect the token-producing permanents that feed Cynette's jelly-count synergies, making the phase-out effect a repeatable shield for the engine.

05
Golbez, Crystal Collector

Golbez, Crystal Collector

27.0% of decks · synergy 0.23

Golbez, Crystal Collector includes Y'shtola Rhul in roughly 27% of builds because phasing out shadow creatures or Crystal tokens at the right moment prevents targeted removal from dismantling the accumulation plan Golbez relies on.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Y'shtola Rhul is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where she actually earns her slot. In a 100-card singleton format with four opponents and long game states, repeatable phasing is meaningfully stronger than in any 60-card format, where games end too quickly for a three-mana creature with a defensive ability to generate enough value. In Legacy and Vintage she competes against formats so fast that protecting a creature over multiple turns rarely matters, and Modern and Pioneer already have cheaper or more proactive options for similar roles. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning — if your planeswalker and signature spell already generate a loop, Y'shtola Rhul's phase protection can lock down your own key permanents through opposing interaction. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Y'shtola Rhul isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given her appearance in high-volume Commander archetypes like Dr. Eggman and Hope Estheim, demand should keep her from sitting at bulk, but verify before paying a premium.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.