---
name: "Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "181"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Anna Podedworna"
oracle_id: "928d977e-cff0-4e0e-83bb-16d73a754f35"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gix-yawgmoth-praetor-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gixian Puppeteer](/printing/gixian-puppeteer-bro.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Warlock
2. [Phyrexian Gargantua](/printing/phyrexian-gargantua-cmm.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
3. [Ob Nixilis Reignited](/printing/ob-nixilis-reignited-bfz.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis
4. [Ruin Processor](/printing/ruin-processor-bfz.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Processor
5. [Disciples of Gix](/printing/disciples-of-gix-bro.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Human
6. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #181
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Anna Podedworna
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`