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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#809
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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician card art
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is a four-mana engine that draws cards, distributes -1/-1 counters, and kills creatures — all on the same activated ability — making him one of the most value-dense legends in black. The cost is real: he needs a board presence to exploit and dies to the same removal as everything else, but pair him with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed or slot him into a Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons shell and the card advantage becomes backbreaking within two activations.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

67.2% of decks · synergy 0.60

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons converts every -1/-1 counter Yawgmoth, Thran Physician distributes into a free 1/1 deathtouch token, giving you both sacrifice fodder and a growing board at the same time — it's the most symbiotic pairing for him in the format.

02
The Scorpion God

The Scorpion God

57.1% of decks · synergy 0.55

The Scorpion God draws a card whenever a creature gets a -1/-1 counter, which means every Yawgmoth, Thran Physician activation that hits any creature nets additional cards on top of Yawgmoth's own draw, stacking into a card-draw engine that's hard to outrun.

03
Dargo, the ShipwreckerTymna the Weaver

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.43

Tymna the Weaver rewards attacking with small creatures, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician turns those same creatures into sacrifice outlets that keep the hand full between combat steps — Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver runs him as a mid-game value piece that bridges aggro into attrition.

04
The Reaper, King No More

The Reaper, King No More

47.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

-1/-1 counter synergies are central to The Reaper, King No More's gameplan, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is one of the most efficient repeatable ways to place those counters while drawing into more threats.

05
Massacre Girl, Known Killer

Massacre Girl, Known Killer

50.0% of decks · synergy 0.40

Massacre Girl, Known Killer wants every creature to enter with a -1/-1 counter, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician can then sacrifice those weakened creatures to spread more counters, creating a cascading board wipe threat that's hard for opponents to navigate around.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is most dangerous — the 100-card singleton format gives him access to redundant combo pieces across a long game, and the multiplayer life totals make his one-life-per-activation cost trivially affordable. In Modern, he anchors an entire archetype built around undying creatures and Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, where he enables infinite damage and draw loops that define the deck's primary win condition. Legacy and Vintage both permit him, but the powered environments there outpace a four-mana creature that doesn't immediately win the game, so he sees minimal play in those formats. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper are all off the table — Yawgmoth, Thran Physician simply isn't in those card pools.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

13,174 decks
Yawgmoth, Thran PhysicianNest of ScarabsBlood Artist

Yawgmoth, Thran PhysicianNest of ScarabsBlood Artist

Near-infinite -1/-1 counters; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss

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11,078 decks
Hapatra, Vizier of PoisonsYawgmoth, Thran PhysicianObelisk Spider

Hapatra, Vizier of PoisonsYawgmoth, Thran PhysicianObelisk Spider

Near-infinite lifeloss; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite draw triggers; Destroy all creatures opponents control; Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control; Infinite -1/-1 counters; Lock

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10,237 decks
Yawgmoth, Thran PhysicianNest of ScarabsZulaport Cutthroat

Yawgmoth, Thran PhysicianNest of ScarabsZulaport Cutthroat

Near-infinite -1/-1 counters; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite lifeloss

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available right now for Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure before buying. Historically he has held significant value given how central he is to competitive Modern and high-power Commander builds — he's rarely a bargain pickup.

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