Yue, the Moon Spirit
Legendary Creature — Spirit Ally
Flying, vigilance
Waterbend 
, 
: You may cast a noncreature spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for 
.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #7345
Yue, the Moon Spirit hits the board as a free 1/1 spirit token the moment another creature dies, turning any sacrifice outlet or combat step into a perpetual token engine. Avatar Aang decks are the primary home, and the combination of low mana cost and persistent board presence makes Yue an easy include wherever spirits or death triggers matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang runs Yue, the Moon Spirit in over half its decks because Yue's death-triggered spirit generation feeds directly into the go-wide creature strategies and elemental-adjacent synergies that Aang rewards — every creature dying becomes a free body to sac, swing, or stack.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician picks up Yue, the Moon Spirit as a low-cost piece that generates chump blockers and sacrifice fodder, keeping Sokka's aggressive, attrition-minded gameplan fueled even after the board gets wiped.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Yue, the Moon Spirit is legal everywhere except Pauper, but competitive constructed formats have no real interest in a conditional token generator at this rate. Commander is the clear home — the 100-card singleton format rewards persistent engines, and Yue's ability to convert any creature death into a 1/1 spirit scales well across long games where the board is constantly in flux. In Oathbreaker it functions the same way at a smaller table, and niche Legacy or Modern spirit tribal shells could theoretically slot it in, but the competition at every mana cost in those formats is brutal enough that Yue won't see serious play outside Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Yue, the Moon Spirit sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up in any trade binder or finish-your-order purchase without thinking twice. Bulk rares with strong theme-deck demand rarely spike hard, but Yue's Avatar set identity keeps steady casual demand that should hold it off the true floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Avatar Aang
- Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.