Yuma, Proud Protector
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each land card in your graveyard. Whenever Yuma enters or attacks, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, draw a card. Whenever a Desert card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, create a 4/2 green Plant Warrior creature token with reach.
How Yuma decks play in EDH
Yuma, Proud Protector is a Naya commander in white, red and green costing 5RGW, and its legendary creature - human ranger line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Yuma, Proud Protector decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $47.34Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (2)
Removal (2)
Creatures (11)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Yuma, Proud Protector decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Yuma, Proud Protector deck?
Yuma, Proud Protector has a Naya colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, red and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Yuma, Proud Protector?
The cards played most often in Yuma, Proud Protector decks include Carnivorous Cultivator // Enroot, Verdant Kraken, Through the Forest Gate. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Yuma, Proud Protector deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $47.34 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Yuma, Proud Protector deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.