Arabian Cycles by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder is the engine of a four-color cascade-value beatdown deck built almost entirely around Djinns and efreets. The primary plan is to connect with Yidris, then chain spells from hand into cheap cascade hits, converting a single combat step into extra creatures, removal, and card draw. Glint-Eye Nephilim works as a hidden draw commander in the 99, and most of the deck's heavy flyers double as finishers. Secondary paths include a slower fair midrange plan if Yidris is offline, plus a cheap-spell bounce engine with Tidespout Tyrant. The deck is linear, high-variance, and dependent on its commander's combat trigger, but the density of large Djinns keeps pressure high.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Aku Djinn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka Efreet
  • 1 Bottle of Suleiman
  • 1 Burning Palm Efreet
  • 1 Capricious Efreet
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Desert Twister
  • 1 Djinn Illuminatus
  • 1 Djinn of Infinite Deceits
  • 1 Djinn of Wishes
  • 1 Djinni Windseer
  • 1 Drifting Djinn
  • 1 Ebony Horse
  • 1 Efreet Flamepainter
  • 1 Emberwilde Captain
  • 1 Emissary of Grudges
  • 1 Erhnam Djinn
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Glint-Eye Nephilim
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Ifh-Bíff Efreet
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Jandor's Ring
  • 1 Jandor's Saddlebags
  • 1 Junún Efreet
  • 1 Juzám Djinn
  • 1 Ketria Crystal
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Maelstrom Djinn
  • 1 Maelstrom Muse
  • 1 Mijae Djinn
  • 1 Mistfire Weaver
  • 1 Monastery Loremaster
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Najal, the Storm Runner
  • 1 Obelisk of Grixis
  • 1 Obelisk of Jund
  • 1 Old Man of the Sea
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Pyramids
  • 1 Rainbow Efreet
  • 1 Sage-Eye Avengers
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Serendib Djinn
  • 1 Serendib Efreet
  • 1 Shimmering Efreet
  • 1 Siani, Eye of the Storm
  • 1 Silumgar Butcher
  • 1 Smirking Spelljacker
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stratus Dancer
  • 1 Sultai Banner
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tempest Djinn
  • 1 Temur Banner
  • 1 Thundering Djinn
  • 1 Tidespout Tyrant
  • 1 Unstable Mutation
  • 1 Uvilda, Dean of Perfection // Nassari, Dean of Expression
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Waterspout Djinn
  • 1 Wildfire Emissary
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Ydwen Efreet
  • 1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
  • 1 Yusri, Fortune's Flame
  • 1 Zagoth Crystal
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground