Yathan Tombguard
Creature — Human Warrior
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever a creature you control with a counter on it deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #10611
Yathan Tombguard puts immediate pressure on the board and generates value as creatures die around it — the payoff is real, and the cost is low enough that slotting it is a non-decision in the right shell. Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan decks are the natural home, where the death-trigger synergies compound fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan is the premier destination for Yathan Tombguard — Felothar's engine rewards every creature that hits the graveyard, and Yathan feeds that loop while holding the line on board.
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year wants bodies that do something beyond just attacking, and Yathan Tombguard delivers incremental advantage through the graveyard synergies Abigale's gameplan is built around.
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise leans on aristocrats-style value, and Yathan Tombguard fits cleanly into that loop — it contributes to the death-trigger count Nalia's deck needs to convert creature churn into a win.
Breena, the Demagogue
Breena, the Demagogue decks run Yathan Tombguard for the incidental value it generates in a go-wide, politically aggressive shell where every creature pulling its weight matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Yathan Tombguard is legal across the major constructed formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — but its home is clearly Commander, where multiplayer politics and graveyard-centric synergies give it room to generate sustained value. In 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, the competition at its mana cost is fierce enough that Yathan rarely makes the cut outside of niche graveyard strategies. Commander is where the math works: more opponents means more death triggers, and decks built around those triggers reward Yathan disproportionately.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Yathan Tombguard is deep bulk — pick it up in any trade binder without a second thought. Bulk rares with genuine synergy in popular archetypes rarely spike dramatically, but the near-zero floor means you're risking nothing by grabbing copies now.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.