9.0/10$0.26 Costly Plunder Instant As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature
They get better once your opponent reaches a certain number of cards in the yard
The choice is freedom or death." Volume IV, The Book of Fire Number 244 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless Rulings (10/4/2004) If multiple Words have been used prior to drawing a card, then you can choose which one to apply (and use up) each time you draw a card.
The easiest way to describe it, for me, is the idea that you managed to achieve an advantage by forcing an opponent to react to your game plan in a way that loses them card advantage or tempo
The key is that the only formats where Yawgmoths Will has been legal as a four-of have tended to include an absurd level of ultra overpowered cheap tutors
That its tacked on as a bonus for simply engaging in combat situations that its already primed for is just salting the wounds