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Ygra, Eater of All
Legendary Creature — Elemental Cat · {3}{B}{G} · Black/Green commander
Ward—Sacrifice a Food.
Other creatures are Food artifacts in addition to their other types and have "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this permanent: You gain 3 life."
Whenever a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put two +1/+1 counters on Ygra.
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What Ygra, Eater of All actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · otherWhenever a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put two +1/+1 counters on Ygra.
- Keyword · wardward
- AbilityWard—Sacrifice a Food.
- AbilityOther creatures are Food artifacts in addition to their other types and have "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this permanent: You gain 3 life."
What a Ygra, Eater of All deck needs
Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures dying — every other creature is a Food, so every death grows Ygra
- sacrifice outlets (each creature can also sacrifice itself for 3 life)
The Ygra, Eater of All deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 15× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 10× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 8× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Ygra, Eater of All
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Cultist of the Absolute1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Predators' Hour2 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- Old-Growth Troll3 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
- Grixis Slavedriver6 mana
- Enduring Vitality3 mana
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer3 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Branching Evolution3 mana
- Hardened Scales1 mana
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire2 mana
- Winding Constrictor2 mana
- Kami of Whispered Hopes3 mana
- Benevolent Hydra2 mana
- Michelangelo, Weirdness to 112 mana
- The Earth Crystal4 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Carrion Feeder1 mana
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Umbral Collar Zealot2 mana
- Bloodthrone Vampire2 mana
- Dark Privilege2 mana
- Ashnod's Altar3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Assassin's Trophy2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
- Fatal Push1 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Bitter Triumph2 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
- Extinction Event4 mana
- Vicious Rivalry4 mana
- Endemic Plague4 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
- Phyrexian Arena3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Feline Sovereign3 mana
Combos with Ygra, Eater of All
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Ygra, Eater of All is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Savvy Hunter19,200 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, The Seedmiser + Academy Manufactor + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Peregrin Took19,096 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, The Seedmiser + Ashnod's Altar14,362 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Ashnod's Altar11,815 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, The Seedmiser + Viscera Seer9,823 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner + Viscera Seer9,058 decks