Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
2, T, Put a verse counter on Yisan: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to the number of verse counters on Yisan, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2014-07-18
If Yisan isn't on the battlefield when its ability resolves, use the number of verse counters on it when it left the battlefield to determine which creature cards may be put onto the battlefield. This number will include the counter you put on Yisan to activate the ability.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Yisan, the Wanderer Bard, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samut, Voice of Dissent | 1 | 2 | — |
| Tromell, Seymour's Butler | 1 | 2 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Green 1 deck
- Naya 1 deck
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard price history
The Commander Masters #334 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.83 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.83 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.83 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.83 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.84 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.84 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.83 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.79 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.79 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.78 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.76 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.76 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.74 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Yisan, the Wanderer Bard
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.33
- Foil
- $0.83
Etched
- Etched
- $4.58
Borderless
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $4.67
- Normal
- $1.37
- Normal
- $0.34
- Foil
- $1.11
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
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.
