Yidris by Ishkin276

Format: Commander

Commander: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder deck is a high-octane cascade/value engine that weaponises combat to chain free spells and generate overwhelming card advantage. The primary plan is to give Yidris haste, deal combat damage, then cascade into powerful spells like Maelstrom Wanderer, Apex Devastator, or Mind's Desire. A secondary "cast from exile" package (Prosper, Tome-Bound, Laelia, the Blade Reforged, Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald) compounds value while Underworld Breach and Nexus of Fate enable extra turns and recursive loops. Wins come through either a massive storm turn with Mind's Desire, draining opponents via Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + wheels, or simply overwhelming the board with cascaded threats and extra combat steps. The deck is tightly focused, packing premium tutors, fast mana, and a robust interaction suite to protect its game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abaddon the Despoiler
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Averna, the Chaos Bloom
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Quandrix, the Proof
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground