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Yawgmoth's Will

Sorcery

Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2550
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Yawgmoth's Will card art
Yawgmoth's Will turns your graveyard into a second hand for a turn — every land, spell, and mana rock you've spent becomes live again, and in a tuned black deck that usually means the game ends on the spot. It's banned in Legacy, restricted in Vintage, and the best card in any Doomsday pile that includes it; Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept runs it in over 71% of lists for exactly that reason.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Yawgmoth's Will carries two meaningful restrictions: cards played from the graveyard are exiled instead of going anywhere else, and you can't play cards from your graveyard for the rest of the turn after the effect resolves — meaning once the window closes, it's gone permanently. In 60-card formats those restrictions don't matter enough; Legacy banned it outright and Vintage restricts it to a single copy. Commander gives it a pass because you only cast it once per game anyway, the exiling clause barely matters when you're ending the game that turn, and the singleton rule means you can't stack multiples — the power ceiling is high but the format's inherent inconsistency keeps it from dominating the way it would in a tuned Legacy shell.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rograkh, Son of RohgahhSilas Renn, Seeker Adept

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

71.5% of decks · synergy 0.68

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept is one of the premier cEDH storm commanders, and Yawgmoth's Will is the card that most often converts a mid-combo setup into a full loop — replaying spent mana rocks, rituals, and interaction from the yard in a single explosive turn.

02
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

17.5% of decks · synergy 0.14

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth converts life into black mana, so casting Yawgmoth's Will and replaying an entire graveyard's worth of Phyrexian-mana spells for life rather than mana is trivially fast and almost always lethal.

03
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

9.4% of decks · synergy 0.06

Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire tutors repeatedly with Boast, so Yawgmoth's Will functions as both a reset button and a second tutor target — once you've assembled pieces and spent resources, replaying the yard closes the loop.

04
Maralen of the Mornsong

Maralen of the Mornsong

8.3% of decks · synergy 0.05

Maralen of the Mornsong locks opponents out of drawing while tutoring each upkeep, and Yawgmoth's Will lets the deck recover spent pieces mid-chain, ensuring the lock holds even after interaction.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Yawgmoth's Will doesn't have a current price listed in the data, which likely reflects low market availability rather than low value — this card has historically sat in the $30–$60 range depending on printing and demand, and it sees enough cEDH play to stay expensive. Check current buylist prices on TCGPlayer or Moxfield before buying; reprints can move the number fast, but the card's format legality in Commander means demand stays steady regardless.

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