Yavimaya Elder

Yavimaya Elder

Creature — Human Druid

Mana cost: {1}{G}{G}

How we read this card

When this creature dies, you may search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

triggered — searches a library

triggered —

Draw a card.

activated {2}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {2}, Sacrifice this creature — draws you 1 card

Causes: search land , shuffle a library, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder is in the graveyard:

  1. Survivors' Bond — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Glory's Rise — can bring it back

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Yavimaya Elder is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Yavimaya Elder is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When you sacrifice Yavimaya Elder:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When you sacrifice Yavimaya Elder:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder dies:

  1. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  7. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself
  9. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

454 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Yavimaya Elder makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Yavimaya Elder leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Yavimaya Elder fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Yavimaya Elder fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — Yavimaya Elder fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  4. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Yavimaya Elder is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

440 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

148 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Yavimaya Elder attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Yavimaya Elder is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Yavimaya Elder is one).

When Yavimaya Elder enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

452 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.