Skip to content
Commander Nexus
  1. Commander Nexus
  2. Commanders
  3. Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Command zone

Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Legendary Creature — Centaur Druid

Yarus wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It also suits a deck that plays creatures face down and flips them for a surprise.

  • Mana cost2 genericredgreen
  • Red, Green ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityRare

Other creatures you control have haste.

Whenever one or more face-down creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Whenever a face-down creature you control dies, return it to the battlefield face down under its owner's control if it's a permanent card, then turn it face up.

Build a deck with Yarus Find it in the app

Themes

Cards That Fit Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Picked for what they do in Yarus's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Yarus's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

plan6

The 6 Cards

plan6

The 6 Cards

plan6

The 6 Cards

Rulings for Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

explain how Yarus works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

If a face-down creature dies but the permanent card it becomes in the graveyard leaves the graveyard before Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods's last ability resolves, it will not return to the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

If a permanent card that would be returned to the battlefield face down by Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods's last ability can't be turned face up for some reason, it'll still be returned to the battlefield, but it will stay face down. In that case, it will be a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, or creature types. Since it isn't disguised or cloaked, it won't have ward {2}.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

If Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods dies at the same time as one or more face-down creatures you control, its last ability triggers for each of those creatures.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

Normally, combat damage is dealt all at the same time. In that case, Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods's last ability triggers once for each player that face-down creatures you control dealt combat damage to, regardless of how many creatures were dealing that damage. If any of those face-down creatures have double strike or first strike, the ability will trigger once for each player dealt damage in each combat damage step.

4 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Yarus, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRGPlayers write colors as letters: R for red, G for green.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro pageHaste EnablerLets your creatures attack or use tap abilities the turn they arrive, instead of waiting out summoning sickness. Rhythm of the Wild, AngerOpen the Haste Enabler pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageMorphMorph decks play creatures face down, as mystery 2/2s for three mana, then flip them face up at the right moment for a surprise. Turning one face up costs its morph cost and can be done at almost any time, even on an opponent's turn.Open the Morph pageFace-Down / MorphLets you cast a card face down as a nameless 2/2 creature for 3 mana, hiding what it really is. Later you pay its morph cost to turn it face up, at almost any time, even in the middle of a fight.Open the Face-Down / Morph pageDeath TriggerTriggers when a creature dies, whether it is this creature, one of yours or an opponent's. These are the cards that pay you in an Aristocrats deck: something else makes creatures die, and these decide what you get each time. Blood Artist, Solemn SimulacrumOpen the Death Trigger pageAristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats page