Yidris, Maelstrom Cascade by Drlaughter

Format: Commander

Commander: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a four-color cascade value deck led by Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. The primary plan is to ramp, give Yidris evasion, deal combat damage, then cast spells from hand that each cascade into free spells, generating card advantage, lands, and board presence. Native cascade cards, discover, and suspend provide secondary value when Yidris is unavailable. Yidris acts as the central engine, not a combo piece, turning every hand spell into two spells. Averna, the Chaos Bloom serves as a hidden commander, adding lands on each cascade. Wins come from overwhelming combat with large hasty threats like Maelstrom Wanderer and Apex Devastator rather than infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ancestral Vision
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Anticausal Vestige
• 1 Apex Devastator
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Averna, the Chaos Bloom
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bituminous Blast
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodbraid Elf
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Call Forth the Tempest
• 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chromatic Orrery
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Coiling Oracle
• 1 Command Beacon
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crashing Footfalls
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dream Harvest
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
• 1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 2 Forest
• 1 Glimpse of Tomorrow
• 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
• 1 Grand Coliseum
• 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
• 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 2 Island
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Key to the City
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Lessons from Life
• 1 Let the Galaxy Burn
• 1 Lotus Bloom
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1 Monstrous Vortex
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Nulldrifter
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
• 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
• 1 Putrefy
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Savage Lands
• 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Shriekmaw
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spell Swindle
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Temur Battlecrier
• 1 The Great Henge
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Trailblazer's Boots
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Violent Outburst
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wheel of Fate
• 1 Whispersilk Cloak
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Xander's Lounge
• 1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder