Yavimaya Elder
Yavimaya Elder: Creature - Human Druid, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Druid
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 208
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Commander rank
- 3,488 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Yavimaya Elder
Yavimaya Elder is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 208 in that set, with art by Matt Cavotta. It costs {1}{G}{G} (one generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 14 sets, from Urza's Destiny (1999) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
{2}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (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 Yavimaya Elder by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Yavimaya Elder
Yavimaya Elder has been printed in 14 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #UDS-124 | Common | 2026 |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #254 | Common | 2024 |
| Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #147 | Common | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #288 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #441 | Common | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #87 | Common | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #C18-166 | Common | 2019 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #166 | Common | 2018 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #149 | Common | 2018 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #240 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Commander 2011 (CMD) #179 | Common | 2011 |
| Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A92 | Common | 2010 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Yavimaya Elder.
- If you activate Yavimaya Elder's last ability, its triggered ability will trigger and go on the stack. It will resolve first, meaning you'll do the search and shuffle before drawing a card.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Yavimaya Elder is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.