Yuma, Proud Protector
Legendary Creature — Human Ranger
Mana cost: {5}{R}{G}{W}
How we read this card
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each land card in your graveyard.
static — costs less
Whenever Yuma enters or attacks, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, draw a card.
triggered —
triggered —
triggered — draws you 1 card
triggered — draws you 1 card
Whenever a Desert card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, create a 4/2 green Plant Warrior creature token with reach.
triggered — makes a token
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: sacrifice a land, a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card, create a Plant creature token, create a Warrior creature token, put a Plant creature token onto the battlefield, put a Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.
Cares about: a Desert goes to a graveyard, a land to sacrifice, a land in a graveyard.
Works well with
put a Desert into a graveyard — 15 cards in the game can cause this.
- Lazotep Quarry — When a Desert hits the graveyard thanks to Lazotep Quarry, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Cradle of the Accursed — When Cradle of the Accursed hits the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Endless Sands — When Endless Sands hits the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Ramunap Ruins — When a Desert hits the graveyard thanks to Ramunap Ruins, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Hashep Oasis — When a Desert hits the graveyard thanks to Hashep Oasis, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Shefet Dunes — When a Desert hits the graveyard thanks to Shefet Dunes, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Scavenger Grounds — When a Desert hits the graveyard thanks to Scavenger Grounds, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Grasping Dunes — When Grasping Dunes hits the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Desert of the Fervent — When Desert of the Fervent hits the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
- Desert of the Indomitable — When Desert of the Indomitable hits the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector makes a token
5 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
- Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Yuma, Proud Protector onto the battlefield from your library
13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a land in a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this.
- Slogurk, the Overslime — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Slogurk, the Overslime can bring back
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
- Glacierwood Siege — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Glacierwood Siege can bring back
- Turntimber Sower — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Turntimber Sower can bring back
- Serra Paragon — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Serra Paragon can bring back
- Muldrotha, the Gravetide — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring back
- Deadbridge Chant — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back
- Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky can bring back
- Pull Through the Weft — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Pull Through the Weft can bring back
- Conduit of Worlds — Yuma, Proud Protector puts cards into the graveyard that Conduit of Worlds can bring back
- Spiked Ripsaw — Spiked Ripsaw puts cards into the graveyard, and Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Destructive Urge — Destructive Urge puts cards into the graveyard, and Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Excavating Anurid — Excavating Anurid puts cards into the graveyard, and Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Nomad Stadium — When Nomad Stadium is in the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Epicenter — Epicenter puts cards into the graveyard, and Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Barbarian Ring — When Barbarian Ring is in the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Centaur Garden — When Centaur Garden is in the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon is in the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn is in the graveyard, Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
- Lithatog — Lithatog puts cards into the graveyard, and Yuma, Proud Protector gets bigger
441 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Warrior creature enters the battlefield — 1,401 cards in the game can cause this (Yuma is one).
- Obsidian Battle-Axe — When a Warrior enters thanks to Yuma, Proud Protector, Obsidian Battle-Axe triggers
a Warrior enters the battlefield — 1,403 cards in the game can cause this (Yuma is one).
When a Warrior enters thanks to Yuma, Proud Protector:
- Mardu Woe-Reaper — hits a graveyard
- Thrasher Brute — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Decorated Champion — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Yuma is one).
When a Plant or Warrior enters thanks to Yuma, Proud Protector:
- Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
- Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
- Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Yuma is one).
- Staff of the Storyteller — When Yuma, Proud Protector makes a Plant or Warrior token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself
3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Yuma is one).
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a land is sacrificed thanks to Yuma, Proud Protector, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Yuma is one).
- Akim, the Soaring Wind — When Yuma, Proud Protector makes a Plant or Warrior token, Akim, the Soaring Wind makes a token
20 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 (Yuma is one).
- Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Yuma, Proud Protector 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.