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Yomiji, Who Bars the Way

Legendary Creature — Spirit · {5}{W}{W} · White commander

Whenever a legendary permanent other than Yomiji is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to its owner's hand.

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What Yomiji, Who Bars the Way actually does

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• Triggered ability · otherWhenever a legendary permanent other than Yomiji is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to its owner's hand.

What a Yomiji, Who Bars the Way deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 8× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
• 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 3× Answer a whole board at once
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 12× Refill your hand
• 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

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