Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Vampire

Haste

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni, Undying Partisan.

Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.

Discussion (51)

Artatras on Lazav with the many faces

10 hours ago

Hey!

That's a really solid deck, congratulations!

I especially like the inclusion of Psychatog. It seems highly synergistic with the deck's strategy.

A few considerations:

Haste is incredibly important. What's even more important is the fact that its enabler has as low of a CMC as possible. For this reason, although Yahenni, Undying Partisan could have some synergy with the deck if you are not including too many looting effects, I think you would be better off with a Nether Traitor or, even better, a Gingerbrute. Being 1 or 2 mana cheaper means you can transition from them to something else with ease. On top of that, they also provide evasion.

Nighthowler seems to me a little too situational and unreliable. Your graveyard shouldn't be too stocked with creatures, as it would be risky. As regards your opponents', it's too dependent on the matchup.

As regards the Laboratory Maniac package, I would rather go for Demonic Consultation and Tainted Pact instead of Mirror-Mad Phantasm and Mesmeric Orb. It seems faster and more reliable.

Good job and keep your list up to date!

HansY0L0 on Korvold EDH - Gotta sac 'em all!

2 weeks ago

Hey Squirrel_of_War, thank you for checking my list and making suggestions. The Lack of free sac outlets will be diminished in the Future. I’ve bought an Phyrexian Altar, Goblin Bombardment and Yahenni, Undying Partisan. I dont want to abuse dockside like i dont want to win with Revel in Riches. I‘m a Bit affraid of playing without the Signets but lets See how it turns out. Sadly the Corona Virus stops our playgroup meeting this saturday :/

Hope you See all alright!

velone1 on Alesha, Who Smiles at Taxes and Combo

3 weeks ago

COMBO 1

One of the most obvious combos is Vizier of Remedies + Murderous Redcap + any sac outlet. (You can have Cathars' Crusade or Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit instead of Vizier of Remedies for the combo) Unless disrupted, this combo deals infinite damage to any number of players/ creatures. How the combo works:

Step 1. Sacrifice Murderous Redcap

Step 2. Persist Triggers and Murderous Redcap is back

Step 3. Murderous Redcap trigger is put on the stack

Step 4. Vizier of Remedies triggers - resolve this one first

Step 5. Murderous Redcap deals damage

Rinse and repeat.

Note about this combo - if your sac outlet is Altar of Dementia you can mill one player while killing another one. Other sac maybe Ashnod's Altar, Blasting Station, Phyrexian Altar, Phyrexian Tower, Goblin Bombardment, Yahenni, Undying Partisan

munky702 on Alesha Awkward Eye Contact with Death

3 weeks ago

Yea, if you include a sacrifice outlet, such as Viscera Seer, Yahenni, Undying Partisan or an altar of some sort, being phyrexian, ashnod's, or of dementia, you can infinite loop with Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit or mimic

HansY0L0 on Korvold EDH - Gotta sac 'em all!

3 weeks ago

Hey I_TappedWrong, thank you for the upvote and your suggestion of Mad Ratter. This is a real good Token Machine. As far as i have tested my deck in draw simulators i have enough ramp to possibly cut one card for Mad Ratter. At this Weekend i can finally test the deck in our Playgroup and hopefully i can give you an answer about the impact of Mad Ratter.

About your deck: Your way to build Korvold seems a really fun alternative to mine. You have many powerhouses i got extra edh-decks like Omnath, Locus of Rage or Yahenni, Undying Partisan. I maybe take some of your free sac outlets to my maybeboard, because i think my deck is lacking those.

Joedragon3 on ExpelliARRRmus

1 month ago

Ay yo, this isnt the best list but it's what i've got being quick about it:

OUT:

• Thran Dynamo
• Syr Konrad, the Grim
• Pyreheart Wolf
• Izzet Chronarch
• Helium Squirter
• Goblin Electromancer
• Flux Channeler
• Forerunner of the Coalition
• Dire Fleet Daredevil
• Dire Fleet Poisoner
• Deadeye Plunderers
• Crafty Cutpurse
• Brazen Buccaneers
• Contract Killing
• March of the Drowned
• Sleep
• Hornswoggle
• Lookout's Dispersal
• Siren's Ruse
• Kefnet's Monument

IN:

• Talisman of Creativity
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Arcane Signet
• Dimir Signet
• Izzet Signet
• Rakdos Signet
• Woe Strider
• Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
• Grim Haruspex
• Viscera Seer
• Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• Zealous Conscripts
• River Kelpie
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Puppeteer Clique
• Glen Elendra Archmage
• Mulldrifter
• Dreadhorde Butcher
• Cytoplast Manipulator
• Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• Olivia, Mobilized for War
• Ravenous Chupacabra
• Counterspell
• Bedevil
• Domineering Will
• Vandalblast
• Last One Standing
• Decree of Pain
• Kari Zev's Expertise
• Chain Reaction

I know there are more INs than OUTs but i didn't want to just try to tell you everything to take out - it's your choices!

Hybrow on Heart of Black Coal - Ayara ETB trigger EDH

1 month ago

bradtheimpaler13, thanks for the view and for the suggestions.

Contamination is dirty, I love it.. Definitely going to be an add.. I find I have enough extra creatures.. short of a board wipe, i should be good to keep it up for a while.

I also do want to get rid of a few of the higher CMC cards. So thinking if I dump Scourge of Nel Toth, Sepulchral Primordial, and Yahenni, Undying Partisan (although he is not expensive, he has just never done anything for me), I should be add all three of those.... drop CMC for CMC..

Tzefick on Ability challenge

2 months ago

Some quick 2 cents on other entries:

TypicalTimmy Show

There's a lot of memory going into this mechanic, which creature is hunting which creature?

As such I would say this is strained to be printed on more than a small handful of cards and mainly at uncommon rarity and up, to avoid too much memory dedicated to a rather complex mechanic.

I wont say it will never happen, but the mechanic has a lot going against it.

That being said, I still think it's a neat concept, but I'm unsure about the balance between useful/oppressive and relevant/irrelevant. If the trigger is bound on the opponent's choice, it's in their hands to make it useful to you. They'll generally do whatever they can to make it the least impactful for you. As such it's a very unreliable mechanic.

Boza Show

This is where I'll go that extra step and say: That'll never happen.

I don't think we'll ever see a segregation of creature types based on something like race or profession/title - mostly because there are so many creatures without either (correction; it seems like WotC have gone through all their older designs and designated a race to each creature, including artifact creatures). In the modern frame, WotC have actually been rather consistent with giving each creature a race - however there are exceptions.

Giants are in some instances used as a race, seen in Arbiter of Knollridge. And sometimes as an adjective to describe something immense, Diregraf Colossus. In Diregraf's situation it could be a zombified giant - then giant is the race and zombie is a state. However if that's true, is zombie then not ever a "race"?

Another is Yahenni, Undying Partisan which is an Aetherborn Vampire. Next to Midnight Entourage who is an Aetherborn Rogue. I think we can quickly agree that Rogue is a profession/title. Then Aetherborn must be a race. However we can also quickly agree that Vampire is a race, so Yahenni is half-Aetherborn, half-Vampire? It's a mess.

As for the mechanic itself, it is extremely narrow to the point that it can only ever see print in a heavy tribal set reminiscent of Lorwyn, Ixalan, or Innistrad. And it would have no relevance outside block. Not that that makes it bad per se, but it certainly makes it less exciting.

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As for my own suggestion on Hunt, I'm sitting on two versions and would like some feedback on the concept if possible before deciding a final route. I'll note which version will be the main entry until I change my mind or the challenge ends - when is that btw dbpunk?

Mechanic Show

I am tempted to run a variant of the old Provoke keyword. It will be a mainly green mechanic with red and white closely secondary.

I'm kinda between two models:

1. Hunt (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

2. Hunt (After blockers are declared, you may have target creature defending player control block this creature if able, in addition to any other creature(s) that creature is blocking.)

No. 1 will be the main entry for the challenge until I decide otherwise.

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The first model is turning multi-blockers upside-down, by forcing one blocker to block multiple attackers. It is also a functional but improved provoke, as it can function with just one, but it doesn't untap the creature, and it can ignore restrictions - such as Bedlam or Auntie's Snitch or the creature being tapped. You could counter provoke by tapping the creature before it could block. With this model, you ignore everything and basically says; "These two creatures fight in combat".

It is functionally different from fighting as it goes through the combat phase. Multiple users of Fight all receive the same damage from the attacked opponent, while this means the attacked only gets one count of power to use. As such multiple users of Hunt, can band together to take down a larger prey at greatly reduced risk to themselves.

It also interacts differently with ways to interact with creatures in combat, such as Righteousness or Bow of Nylea or simply Maze of Ith or the new Labyrinth of Skophos. Combat centered keywords or abilities also have a purpose in conjunction to Hunt, such as First Strike, Double Strike, and abilities that cares about attacking creatures. A card like Mark of Asylum prevents Fight from having any meaning, while the Mark is pointless against this variant. Dolmen Gate or Iroas, God of Victory functions really well with Hunt but not so with Fight. Similarly Holy Day does nothing to Fight, but stops Hunt.

Hunt is functionally weaker than Fight (at least as a stand alone mechanic), as Fight doesn't disable combat damage and there are many reasons why Fighting outside the combat step or even outside your own turn can be beneficial. As such I think you can allow Hunt more leg room and grant it to stronger/more efficient creatures than what we saw with Provoke. Provoke was mainly featured on bad midrange creatures with high power and low toughness, as a pseudo-removal.

And you can add conditions to it, check the examples.

Until I change my mind, this will be the main entry for the challenge.

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The secondary model is a more flexible version that works better by itself, as it functionally allows any attacker with Hunt to be on the damage order for any creature defending player controls who can block. It's a delayed Provoke and grants a lot of decision power to the attacker by knowing all blockers before making a decision - not including combat tricks.

Where the first version is very much an indirect removal tool, in addition to Provoke's secondary utility which is disabling/distracting a blocker, best seen on Deftblade Elite. This secondary version is more a way to restructure combat to grant the attacker a leg-up after blockers are declared. Normally the defending player has the upper hand in combat, as they choose blockers for attackers. This Hunt mechanic tries to hand some power back to the attacking player.

I'm uncertain how fine a line is threaded under this model, as I can see it becoming a nightmare to defend against if a creature with Hunt can basically always be a moving target, meaning they will always have a chance to take down your creatures more efficiently. Your only saving grace would be combat tricks.

Examples for model 1 Show

Stalking Wolf

Creature - Wolf (Common)

Hunt (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

2/3

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Yellow-tailed Viper

Creature - Snake (Uncommon)

Deathtouch

Hunt (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

2/1

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Ardar Prowler

Creature - Cat (Rare)

First strike

Hunt (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

4/4

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On the Hunt

Sorcery (Uncommon)

Up to two target creatures gain Hunt until end of turn. (When a creature with Hunt attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

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Training Warrior

Creature - Human Warrior (Uncommon)

Hunt (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

Whenever Training Warrior deals combat damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Training Warrior.

Training Warrior has Vigilance as long its power is 3 or more.

1/3

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Seasoned Hunter

Creature - Human Soldier (Uncommon)

Hunt Beast, Cat, Snake, Wolf, and Bear (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target Beast, Cat, Snake, Wolf, or Bear creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

Whenever a Beast, Cat, Snake, Wolf, or Bear dealt damage by Seasoned Hunter this turn dies, create a Treasure token.

3/3

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Halt, Eagle Eyes

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier (Mythic Rare)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, Halt and up to two other creatures you control gain Hunt until end of turn. (When a creature with Hunt attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, if a creature you control have dealt damage to it this turn, you may draw a card.

3/6

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Vorales of the Crimson Fang

Legendary Creature - Vampire (Rare)

Flying, Haste

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, Vorales gain Hunt until end of turn. (When this attacks, you may have it hunt target creature defending player controls, which become hunted until end of combat. A hunted creature can and must block all creatures hunting it, ignoring any restrictions.)

Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Vorales.

3/4

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At the moment I will not make examples on the second variant.