Playing Yomiji is like running Enduring Renewal in the command zone. Many, many ways to get infinite recursion combo victories, making each game pleasantly different. Before reading on, try it out and see what you find!

So, generally, you'll need a legendary creature, a sac outlet, and some sort of untappy/reusable mana source(s). There are a ton of exceptions/variations to/of this formula.

You'll notice an emphasis on equipment combo pieces #monowhitelife

I like to sort the legends in this deck into two categories: Hope of Ghirapur, and not Hope of Ghirapur. HoG can be its own sac outlet, doesn't require white mana, and is easily tutor-able. here are some easy-breazy combo engines it enables:

Hope of Ghirapur + Yomiji + Honor-Worn Shaku

Hope of Ghirapur + Yomiji + Crystalline Crawler + Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit

Hope of Ghirapur + Yomiji + Dross Scorpion + any artifact mana rock/dork

Hope of Ghirapur + Yomiji + Thornbite Staff + any mana dork/Paradise Mantle on Yomiji

As far as the other legendary creatures in this deck are concerned, its generally best to just grab yer Deathrender and a sac engine to combo out:

Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit + Yomiji + Deathrender + sac outlet + any other legend = infinite bolster triggers on the stack

Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo + Yomiji + Deathrender = pseudo immortality

Mangara of Corondor + hasty boots + Yomiji + Deathrender + sac outlet = exile all of the things

Yosei, the Morning Star + Yomiji + Deathrender + sac outlet = infinite tap down Yomijivoltronactivate

Depending on your sac outlet, you will also mill/deal damage/generate mana infinitely.

Another major engine in this deck, aptly named Paradox Engine, can make this deck EXPLODE with all of the non-land mana sources it runs (things like Everflowing Chalice, Basalt Monolith, and Honor-Worn Shaku in particular) . Here are a few uses:

Paradox Engine + Yomiji + Mikaeus, the Lunarch + non-land mana sources = infinite untap of non-lands

Paradox Engine + Yomiji + Hope of Ghirapur + non land-mana sources = infinite untap of non-lands

Paradox Engine + Citanul Flute + non-land mana sources = repeatable tutor of creatures (like HoG or Mike, to go infinite and play your deck that turn)

There's also a lot of other weird, easy-to-miss stuff in here like how Forbidding Watchtower and/or Thunder Totem can be Thornbite Staff'd in a pinch, nice if you've got Expedition Map and no mana dork. The more you run the cards through your hands, the more stuff comes crawling out of the woodwork.

I opted to leave out some of the Yomiji coolstuff like Mindslaver for the sake of consistency. Small pieces coming together to win just comes more naturally to this deck than forcing something flashy. I've also left out a few things like Mox Opal , Stoneforge Mystic, Arcbound Ravager and Phyrexian Altar just because of cost.

Each game you'll find yourself with a hand full of puzzle pieces, and a few tutors with which to complete the puzzle as fast as possible. I've probably missed a ton of combos in here; there are so may ways of getting the job done. Enjoy!

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Date added 7 years
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Legality

This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 0 Mythic Rares

25 - 0 Rares

27 - 0 Uncommons

10 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.77
Tokens Goat 0/1 W, Myr 1/1 C
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