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Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

{2}{G}{U}

Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo

PWARWar of the Spark Promos#220prare
Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Chase Stone
Printings9CombosIn 6
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause you to discard cards or sacrifice permanents. +1: Choose a nonland card name, then reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all cards with the chosen name from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. −3: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Loyalty 5

Plays as: Recursion

Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+1.8%
$0.56
$0.37 low$0.32 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.79
$0.26 low-$0.64 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 9 printings

Rulings

5 · latest May 3, 2019 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMay 3, 2019

    As a spell or ability an opponent controls resolves, if it would force you to sacrifice a permanent or discard a card, you just don’t. That part of the effect does nothing. If that spell or ability gives you the option to sacrifice a permanent or to discard a card, you can’t take that option.

  • WotCMay 3, 2019

    If Tamiyo has 3 loyalty, you can’t activate her last ability to return her to your hand. She won’t be in your graveyard while you’re choosing targets for the ability.

  • WotCMay 3, 2019

    If a spell or ability an opponent controls states that something happens unless you sacrifice a permanent (as Mogis, God of Slaughter does) or discard a card (as Painful Quandary does), you can’t choose to sacrifice or discard. On the other hand, if a spell or ability an opponent controls instructs you to sacrifice a permanent unless you perform an action (as Killing Wave does) or discard a card unless you perform an action, you can choose whether or not to perform the action. If you don’t perform the action, nothing happens, since the spell or ability can’t cause you to sacrifice any permanents or discard cards.

  • WotCMay 3, 2019

    If a spell or ability your opponent controls reduces your maximum hand size, Tamiyo’s first ability won’t stop you from discarding cards when the game rules cause you to discard during your cleanup step.

  • WotCMay 3, 2019

    Tamiyo’s ability affects sacrifices, but not any other ways permanents can leave the battlefield. It won’t stop a creature from dying due to lethal damage or having 0 toughness, and it won’t stop a permanent from being put into its owner’s graveyard due to the “legend rule.” None of these are sacrifices; they’re the result of game rules.