Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor: Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 181
- Artist
- Anna Podedworna
- Commander rank
- 2,003 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 181 in that set, with art by Anna Podedworna. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 6 sets, from The Brothers' War (2022) to Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.63 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.63 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105720 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #35 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #245 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The Brothers' War (BRO) #326 | Mythic | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War (BRO) #95 | Mythic | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #95p | Mythic | 2022 |
| The Brothers' War Promos (PBRO) #95s | Mythic | 2022 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor, newest first.
- You must play the cards as you resolve the last ability. You can't wait and play them later.
- If a spell you cast this way has an {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 for X.
- You may play a land this way only during your own turn and only if you have not yet played a land this turn.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Mardu Surge (TDC), led by Zurgo Stormrender