Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

Protection from Humans ((Remember the acronym debt.) This creature can't be damaged, enchanted, equipped, blocked or targeted by anything Human.)

Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter up to one target creature and draw a card.

{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge

5 months ago

Opinion Show

Honestly a hill I will die on is that Ob Nixilis is the most evil being in all of MTG, more even so than Urza and Bolas and Yawgmoth.

I say this because everyone is capable of evil, but not everyone has the same intent. For some, like Bolas, it's to be worshipped as a god. For others, such as Emrakul, it's simply a mindless parasite that feeds. For a few, such as Tibalt and Xenagos, it's masochism and indulgence in suffering. Urza and Yawgmoth? The pursuit of perfection.

But Ob Nixilis? His intent is literally just because he enjoys killing.

His spark ignited because he led a genocide so perfect on his own home plane that there wasn't a single thing left to kill, and that realization broke him so badly that his spark ignited. He then acquired The Chain Veil, which melded his flesh to his steel. His armor, as seen in Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath is what became the demonic body that consumed him.

Some evil forces, such as Braids, Cabal MinionGC are insane. Some evil forces, such as Heliod, God of the Sun, crave authority. Some evil forces, such as Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite want their species perfected.

But Ob Nixilis literally just wants death. His entire motivation is to spread death.

Gisa and Geralf are driven mad by science and the manipulation of life.

Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact wants supreme authority over Ravnica and to understand the Spark.

Dihada, Binder of Wills wants control, complicate authority and dominion. But in order to bind the wills of others into her service, they must at least remain alive.

Even Yawgmoth, Thran Physician had a goal of perfecting flesh.

But Ob Nixilis? He only wants death.

This is also why I absolutely hate where WOTC has taken him. They turned him into the single most genocidal tyrant in the entire lore of Magic: The Gathering and made him "content" as a mobster kingpin. That's like saying Hitler or Stalin would be content with stepping down from their authority to become the CEO of Walmart.

No, that's stupid and I hate it.

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Ob Nixilis, Worship of Death {5}{B}{B}

Legendary Planeswalker - Nixilis

Molk - As you cast Ob Nixilis, you may sacrifice any number of creatures you control. Each one pays for {1}. Add one loyalty counter for each legendary creature you sacrificed.

+2 Sacrifice a creature you control, then destroy another creature.

-4 Each player sacrifices two creatures of your choice. If two creatures can not be sacrificed, that player loses 10 life.

-8 Exile all permanents. Create an 8/8 black Demon Legendary Creature token named Ob Nixilis. It has Protection from spells, flying, haste and menace.

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The +2 bypasses hexproof.

The -4 bypasses hexproof and indestructible.

The -8 bypasses hexproof, indestructible and graveyards.

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Wild

8netherwind8 on Toshiro, The Black Swordsman

5 months ago

Fully updated the build, bringing Griffith to full power as Femto, aka Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, true dark sovereign of the Multiverse.

smoothjonny69 - The Yin to your "Band of the Hawk" Yang ;) https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/11-05-17-ORn-sram-senior-edificer/

Idoneity on Feo, Fuerte y Formal

7 months ago

Ooh! Cool choice. I’m a little surprised not to see Yawgmoth, Thran Physician in here.

capwner on How have your EDH games …

7 months ago

Massive and overdetailed game breakdown incoming, be forewarned

I've been testing this mono black control list and had some epic grind fests, I just finished an extremely long and hard fought game against Simic, Izzet Storm, and an upgraded Necron precon Szarekh, the Silent King. You'll never guess who the problem was. Ok this game was absolutely wild, so after about an hour of normal play i.e. simic is simicing and has a rhystic, I have necropotence and bowmasters (2 of my 3 gc's) and I'm keeping the game mostly under control, Mizzix player is totally cucked bc they keep losing their Mizzix, Necron guy is casting Necrons, and it's mostly a fight of Vannifar, Evolved Enigma trying to gain steam and me removing all their stuff except I can't touch the rhystic so we're both full up on cards. First crux of the game, Vannifar player plays Ixidron, I tuck my Crypt Ghast under The Moment. On my turn I pop the moment and get my ghast back, clearing the rhystic but taking a lot of collateral. I tried to completely recover from the moment wrath via Yawgmoth's Will but Vannifar had a counter for it. So I do seem to pull ahead here, Mizzix just quits and I manage to get lethal on Vannifar. So then it's me and Necron guy. Enter the halfway mark of the game, a 1v1 now. He's at full and I'm at half. I have Crypt Ghast, Gauntlet of Power and both coffers so tons of mana, also I have Bowmaster and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician. My opponent has Caged Sun and Biotransference, and a good board of Necrons with a Trazyn the Infinite threatening to copy a Bolas's CitadelGC in the yard. I have Dimir Machinations and Languish but most of his stuff is too big, he's mono black so my gauntlet and his sun both pump him lol. I'm so low on life, at this point I need to %100 control the game or lose but I'm in a decent position to do it with the Yawgmoth. Here's my big choice, I use machinations to get Maralen of the Mornsong, then use Talon Gates of Madara to phase her out until my next turn. I take a hit here because I tapped to attack and kill Vannifar. I fumbled a little because I could have used the Yawgmoth and discarded some lands to -1/-1 and reduce my damage. I owned it and go down to 5. My turn, the Maralen phases in, I go down to 2 life. Can you guess what I get with her? Umezawa's Jitte. I needed some kind of life gain and Jitte was just about my last hope. Because I had so much mana and lands in hand, I was able to proliferate Jitte with Yawg and use both modes to perfectly Languish all the Necrons while pumping my board. I draw back up but nothing great. Their turn. They have huge mana too, replay their flying commander and make bonus necrons from Biotransference. Threatening lethal again. Back and forth, I'm CLINGING TO LIFE against these (still pumped +2) necrons, by using yawg ability and Jitte to snipe them and proliffing about 4 times a turn. He gets Bolas's CitadelGC on board, recurred via the commander. I got a harnessed The Soul Stone and recur Maralen to tutor on my turn, then sac her to yawg (she died to languish before). I still don't have enough life to go for the oppo lock because they are going too wide and I have to actively snipe necrons to stay alive AND prevent the lethal Bolas's CitadelGC activation. I have Maha, Its Feathers Night and Night of Souls' Betrayal which does NOT kill the necrons but brings them to X/2, I tutor and asymmetrical sweep again with Nuclear Fallout and finally we are are looking a bit safer. I'm still hovering at 1-2 life each turn (on Jitte life support, allowing me to maralen tutor) and barely keeping them off the lethal citadel activation. But I drew like ass, deck has no wincons only sorc speed removal, and I'm dead as soon as they can get 10 nonland perms which could be any turn. But I do have enough cards and mana to use yawg/jitte to stay alive. Finally, I draw Plague Engineer on a Massacre Girl trigger on their turn (responding to their trigger making the lethal necrons and sniping the existing ones). They pass. I use Soul Stone -> recur Maralen and get Engineered Plague. 39 cards left in my deck. I cast BOTH PLAGUES finally making the Necrons X/0 and they concede on the spot sealing the game. HOLY F*CJKSCING NECRONS!!!! Seriously was the most epic game I've had in a while and not at all who I expected trouble from in that pod. WELL PLAYED. Well PLAYED, Necron dude.

Belfore on Meren, the Algebra Expert

10 months ago

not sure what your price cap is per card but Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Braids, Arisen Nightmare, Oriq Loremage, no Fleshbag Marauder iterations. Just to name a few things you could be looking at

theNeroTurtle on Anhelo, Casualty Thief

1 year ago

How do you feel about these cards?

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician – Card draw

Recurring Nightmare – Recursion

Seething Song – Mana Ramp

Crow_Umbra on Watch the Party Die [Primer]

1 year ago

Profet93

• I gave the edge to Giver of Runes for having an additional toughness, and can also protect from colorless, which is a bit niche.

• I addressed this in the Draw & Tutor part of my primer:

"Imperial Recruiter - An excellent option for this deck, especially given the potential for repeat uses. Recruiter of the Guard could be another supplemental option to Imperial Recruiter. She would be able to tutor up 18/34 creatures, with some overlap with the 22/34 that Imperial Recruiter can tutor."

I gave the edge to Imperial Recruiter since it can grab options like Professional Face-Breaker, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Preston, the Vanisher, and Burakos, Party Leader.

• Hall of Heliod's Generosity is more so a contingency in case I recur any of my enchantments. It's niche, but I like it.

• I run Vault of the Archangel in my Mardu/Orzhov aggro decks, espcially if they have the Treasure support in the mid-game to threaten or actually use the activation. It's worked for me before.

Archon_Bel on "Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls" EDH …

1 year ago

I'm getting back into MtG after about one year and a half of not playing. Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls interests me because of the awesome artwork and ability to draw cards and get stronger without necessarily being an instant combo commander. I'd say I'm a casual player, but I like any deck I play to be fine-tuned, resilient, and effective in what it does. I still want to win, after all!

For this deck, I'm naturally thinking some kind of burn route with cards like Underworld Dreams and Sulfuric Vortex to consistently trigger Valgavoth's effect on every opponent's turn. Effects that punish the opponent for doing anything will also be effective in triggering the effect and whittling their life totals down. Additionally, I'm wanting to add in an aristocrats strategy for more life loss triggers, value, and more importantly, board control. A discard theme might also be nice, but aristocrats seems like it has more support.

Problem is that I'm not really familiar with either burn/punisher or aristocrats strategies, so I have no idea what cards and engines to put in a Rakdos deck. I have a Yawgmoth, Thran Physician deck, but that doesn't really need a whole lot of investment seeing how the commander is its own sac outlet, card draw, and board control.

tl;dr Valgavoth burn/sacrifice deck for life loss and board control. What do?