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Yarok, the Desecrated

Legendary Creature — Elemental Horror MV 5

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What it does

Deathtouch, lifelink

If a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Combos with Yarok, the Desecrated

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Rulings

9 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2019-07-12

    If you somehow control two Yaroks, a permanent entering the battlefield causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Yarok causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on.

  • 2019-07-12

    In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used. For example, if Elite Arcanist's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers twice, two cards are exiled. The value of X in the activation cost of Elite Arcanist's other ability is the sum of the two cards' mana values. As the ability resolves, you create copies of both cards and can cast none, one, or both of the copies in any order.

  • 2019-07-12

    Yarok's effect doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.

  • 2019-07-12

    If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, additional instances of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by instances of the triggered ability.

  • 2019-07-12

    Yarok affects a permanent's own enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that permanent enters the battlefield. Such triggered abilities start with "when" or "whenever."

  • 2019-07-12

    Replacement effects are unaffected by Yarok's ability. For example, a creature that enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter on it won't receive an additional +1/+1 counter.

  • 2019-07-12

    Abilities that apply "as [this creature] enters the battlefield," such as choosing a color with Diamond Knight, are also unaffected.

  • 2019-07-12

    You don't need to control the permanent entering the battlefield, only the permanent that has the triggered ability.

  • 2019-07-12

    If a permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as Yarok (including Yarok itself) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Yarok, the Desecrated, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 5
Games played 8
Win rate 25%
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Ashling, the Limitless 4 8 25%
Mass of Mysteries 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Five-Color 5 decks

Every version of Yarok, the Desecrated

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Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.