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Yomiji, Who Bars the Way

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Whenever a legendary permanent other than Yomiji is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to its owner's hand.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{W}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Betrayers of Kamigawa
Price
$1.45
EDHREC rank
#18954
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Yomiji, Who Bars the Way card art
Yomiji, Who Bars the Way turns every legendary permanent you control into an indestructible recursion engine — the moment any legend hits the graveyard, it returns to hand, making mass removal nearly useless against a legends-matter build. The cost is a seven-mana 4/4 with no immediate board impact and a target painted on its back the moment it resolves, but Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate and similar commanders that stack legends make that price worth paying.

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 Yomiji, Who Bars the Way belongs — seven mana is sustainable in a 40-life multiplayer game, and the effect punishes the board wipes that define the format. In Legacy and Vintage, the seven-mana cost is a hard stop: neither format slows down enough to let Yomiji resolve and matter before the game ends. Modern is theoretically legal but practically the same story — no competitive Modern shell wants a 7-drop that doesn't win on the spot. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card, faster pace makes Yomiji a fringe option at best, only viable in dedicated legends builds that can consistently reach seven mana.

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Price Context

Current price

$1.45 cheap tier

At $1.45, Yomiji, Who Bars the Way sits in the bulk-rare tier despite being a unique effect with no direct reprint pressure. That price is stable — niche demand from legends-matter builds keeps a floor under it, but the narrow application prevents any significant climb.

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