Harry’s wandlore is a bit rusty, but from what he remembers, this seems like a most interesting match for him. Yew wands are of the rare sort, which can often be said of their matches; said to endow the power of life and death, a dark reputation when it comes to duelling and curses, but found among both heroes and villains, and the users are said to be of a fiercely protective nature, ferocious at times. The core is less studied, but said to be one of the hardest to make use of in the crafting of wands, and supposedly, only those who have truly accepted death can wield a wand containing this type of core.