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Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Legendary Creature — Sphinx

Flying, vigilance, menace
Whenever Yennett attacks, reveal the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if its mana value is odd. If you don't cast it, draw a card.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{W}{U}{B}
Color identity
BUW
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Masters
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#10755
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Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign card art
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign puts a free spell on the table every time it connects — anything with an odd mana cost, from a Liliana Vess to The Celestial Toymaker, hits the board without spending a card or a mana. The cost is real: a 3/4 flying menace commander at five mana needs to connect to earn its keep, and it folds to any removal that resolves before combat.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The Celestial Toymaker

The Celestial Toymaker

12.7% of decks · synergy 0.12

The Celestial Toymaker runs odd-CMC permanents by design, and Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign turns every attack into a free top-deck deployment — the two cards share a toolbox that rewards stacking your deck with high-impact odd-cost threats.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is a Commander card through and through — the free-cast trigger is built for multiplayer tables where a five-mana 3/4 survives long enough to attack and the card advantage compounds over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the format moves too fast for a five-mana creature that does nothing the turn it enters, and better top-deck manipulators exist. Oathbreaker is the only other format where Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign is worth a serious look, provided you build around odd-CMC spells and can protect it.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

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Current pricing data isn't available for Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It's a casual Commander staple with narrow appeal outside that format, which historically keeps the ceiling low.

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