Yarok, the Desecrated

Printings

  • Core Set 2020 (M20)#220
  • Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20)#220s
  • Core Set 2020 Promos (PM20)#220p
  • Multiverse Legends (MUL)#193z
  • Multiverse Legends (MUL)#128
  • Secret Lair Countdown (SLC)#52
  • Multiverse Legends (MUL)#63
  • Secret Lair Countdown (SLC)#25
  • Multiverse Legends (MUL)#193
  • Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)#136

Yarok, the Desecrated

Card Information

Type: Legendary Creature — Elemental Horror

Mana Cost: 2Black manaGreen manaBlue mana

CMC: 5

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for BMana symbol for GMana symbol for U

Set: Core Set 2020 (M20)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 220

Oracle Text

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

Keywords

LifelinkDeathtouch

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. July 12, 2019

    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.

    Source: wotc
  2. July 12, 2019

    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.

    Source: wotc
  3. July 12, 2019

    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.

    Source: wotc
  4. July 12, 2019

    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.

    Source: wotc
  5. July 12, 2019

    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."

    Source: wotc
  6. July 12, 2019

    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.

    Source: wotc
  7. July 12, 2019

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

    Source: wotc
  8. July 12, 2019

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

    Source: wotc
  9. July 12, 2019

    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.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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