Yotian Tactician
Creature — Human Soldier
Other Soldiers you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #18367
Yotian Tactician lets your artifacts untap during each combat phase, which in the right shell translates to double activations, extra mana, and recursive blocking every turn. The cost is a two-mana 1/3 body with no protection — you're getting the effect at a discount and paying for it in fragility.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Yotian Tactician is a Commander card through and through — the untap-each-combat trigger scales with the number of tappable artifacts you control, and Commander is where those wide, artifact-dense boards live. In Modern and Legacy, two mana for a 1/3 with a conditional untap effect isn't competing with the format's artifact enablers; it doesn't slot cleanly into any established archetype and would sit on the bench. Pioneer has even less use for it. Commander remains the only format where Yotian Tactician's effect regularly generates real advantage, specifically in artifact combo and token builds where extra activations per turn are a resource.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Yotian Tactician is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the effect fits your build. Bulk rares with narrow combo-adjacent applications don't tend to spike unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so treat this as a cheap include rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.