Yotian Medic
Creature — Human Cleric Soldier
Lifelink
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #24614
Yotian Medic is a two-mana 1/2 that taps to untap an artifact or creature and gains its controller 1 life — incremental utility that only matters in dedicated artifact or untap-loop shells. Outside of those narrow homes, it does too little for too much of a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Yotian Medic is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play in essentially none of them. In Commander, it finds a home in artifact-heavy decks that want repeated untap effects — think Unwinding Clock strategies or tap-for-value engines — but even there it competes with more efficient untappers. In Pauper, the life gain and untap on a common frame is theoretically interesting, but the effect is too slow for the format's pace. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Yotian Medic is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is close to zero outside niche Commander builds. It will stay at this floor; there's no spike trajectory for a card this replaceable.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.