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Sorcery
Yawgmoth's Will
Banned2 generic, blackUrza's Saga #171Banned in Premodern (power) · why?Reserved
Sorcery
Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.
Ban history
Graveyard 'replay everything' turn; restricted/banned since 1999.
- Banned in Premodern
- On or before May 2018
- On earliest archived list; likely since 2012 founding
- Category
- Power
- Research
- Research confidence: Medium confidence
- First printed
- First printed in Urza's Saga (12 October 1998).
Why it’s banned
Power level (no published rationale).
Official reason
No official reason published.
Community & historical context (not an official statement)
Analytical/community: replaying the graveyard for a turn produces the strongest single combo turns, especially with Lotus Petal and Lion's Eye Diamond (Draftsim; Chronicles). Banned in Extended (Sept 1999), restricted in Vintage and banned in Type 1.5 (Sept 1999); still restricted in Vintage, banned in Legacy.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
The story
Yawgmoth's Will (Urza's Saga, 1998) was banned in Extended and Type 1.5 and restricted in Vintage in September 1999, and remains restricted in Vintage today. Premodern's pool has the fast mana and rituals that make it explosive, and it has been banned on every archived list. No reason was published.
Premodern changes
- On listOn the earliest archived Premodern ban list.[7]
Other formats (Wizards)
Related cards
Sources
- Draftsim: The Premodern Ban List: All 33 Cards Banned (A.L. Walser, 2026-04-24) — community
- Premodern Chronicles: Premodern Banlist (2026) — community
- MTG Wiki: Banned and restricted cards/Timeline
- MTGBans.info per-card timelines (effective dates; site's AI-generated rationales NOT used)
- MTG Wiki: Vintage
- MTG Wiki: Legacy
- Wayback: premodernmagic.com/banned-watched/ 2018-05-06 (34 banned, 5 watched)
- Scryfall card data (printings, release dates)
- premodernmagic.com legal sets endpoint
Research as of 18 October 2026.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Yawgmoth's Will (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
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Printings (2)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
