Yue, the Moon Spirit
TLA · rare · Released 2025-11-21
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
wants support
can take over a game
one mode
broadly useful
easily answered
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Rationale
Yue is a 4cmc 3/3 flying vigilance Spirit that lets you cast any noncreature spell for free via a Waterbend activation costing {5}+{T}, with artifacts and creatures helping pay the {5}. In spellslinger and combo shells she can hard-cast expensive free spells (Omniscience-style) at the cost of tapping your board, making her a strong but telegraphed value engine. Vigilance is notable as it keeps Yue untapped to assist in paying the Waterbend cost herself while also attacking.
Learnings (3)
Yue's Waterbend ability is an activated ability (not a mana ability), so it uses the stack and can be responded to — the free spell isn't truly 'free' of interaction risk.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Vigilance on Yue is especially relevant here: she can attack AND tap for the Waterbend cost in the same turn only if used at sorcery speed before attacks, since the tap happens as part of the activation cost.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Tapping high-power creatures to help pay the {5} Waterbend cost means this card synergizes strongly with wide boards or large utility creatures, not just artifact-heavy shells — go-wide token decks that also run noncreature payoffs can abuse this well.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #7,134