---
name: "Heart of Yavimaya"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "231"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "6c9a854c-0509-4ed4-9d94-c45b823b65e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/heart-of-yavimaya-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Heart of Yavimaya
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land

## Oracle Text
If this land would enter, sacrifice a Forest instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
{T}: Add {G}.
{T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Yavimaya Coast](/printing/yavimaya-coast-soc.md) — Land
2. [Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth](/printing/yavimaya-cradle-of-growth-mh2.md) — Legendary Land
3. [Havenwood Battleground](/printing/havenwood-battleground-cma.md) — Land
4. [Yavimaya Ancients](/printing/yavimaya-ancients-me2.md) — Creature — Treefolk
5. [Vivify](/printing/vivify-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Turntimber Grove](/printing/turntimber-grove-ddp.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #231
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pete Venters

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* You have to sacrifice a forest before this card is put onto the battlefield, and no matter how it is put onto the battlefield.