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Yixlid Jailer, art by Matt Cavotta
Art by Matt Cavotta · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Yixlid Jailer

{1}{B} · Creature — Zombie Wizard

Cards in graveyards lose all abilities.

Rulings (7)

Mar 19, 2021 · If a spell or ability allows you to cast a spell from your graveyard, the first step in doing so is to move it to the stack. That spell's additional and alternative costs may be applied. However, if a card's own ability allows you to cast it from your graveyard (such as a flashback ability) Yixlid Jailer stops that ability.

Mar 19, 2021 · If a card with changeling is in a graveyard, it still has all creature types.

Mar 19, 2021 · If a card in a graveyard has an ability that defines a * in its power or toughness, that * is 0. For example, Tarmogoyf is a 0/1 creature card in your graveyard while you control Yixlid Jailer.

Mar 19, 2021 · Some cards have abilities that apply "as [this card] enters the battlefield" or state that "[this card] enters the battlefield with" counters. Although these cards won't have these abilities in the graveyard, they will be applied if the cards are put onto the battlefield from the graveyard (due to Zombify, perhaps). What matters is that these cards will have these abilities on the battlefield.

Mar 19, 2021 · If an ability triggers when the object that has it is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, such as Krosan Tusker or Narcomoeba, that ability triggers from the graveyard. Yixlid Jailer stops those abilities from triggering at all. This includes abilities that trigger when a card is put into a graveyard "from anywhere," even if that card was on the battlefield.

Mar 19, 2021 · Some replacement effects cause a card to be put somewhere else instead of being put into a graveyard (such as that of Darksteel Colossus). These effects mean the card is never actually put into the graveyard, so Yixlid Jailer doesn't affect that ability.

Mar 19, 2021 · If an ability triggers when the object that has it is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, that ability triggers from the battlefield and isn't affected by Yixlid Jailer.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · Vintage

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=131 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Lurrus DRSVintage100%3
Beseech StormVintage60%5
Lurrus BreachVintage50%34
TinkerVintage12.1%33
UB Lurrus ControlVintage10.8%37
Lurrus DoomsdayVintage5.3%19
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Yixlid Jailer — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
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