Ogre Tribal by DillyDally

Format: Commander

Commander: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color Ogre tribal midrange strategy led by Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana in the early turns, establishing unblockable evasion or haste for Yidris, and connecting in combat to grant cascade to post-combat spells. Cascading allows the deck to flood the board rapidly with high-power Ogres such as Shakedown Heavy, Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs, and Ogre Chitterlord. In parallel, the deck utilizes punishing group-slug enchantments and creatures like Painful Quandary, Ruric Thar, the Unbowed, Spiteful Visions, and Heartless Hidetsugu to rapidly deplete opposing life totals. Evasion equipment like Brotherhood Regalia and auras like Aqueous Form ensure Yidris bypasses blockers reliably. While the deck lacks fast combo lines, it generates overwhelming board presence and asymmetric life loss to close out the game around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aether Tunnel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Bellowing Bruiser // Beat a Path
  • 1 Bellowing Mauler
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bond of Agony
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cloak of Mists
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Crimson Fleet Commodore
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deathcurse Ogre
  • 1 Deathforge Shaman
  • 1 Defiant Ogre
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire-Field Ogre
  • 1 First Responder
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Girder Goons
  • 1 Grixis Sojourners
  • 1 Gruul Spellbreaker
  • 1 Hall of Storm Giants
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Hidetsugu and Kairi
  • 1 Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kuon, Ogre Ascendant // Kuon's Essence
  • 1 Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
  • 1 Oggyar Battle-Seer
  • 1 Ogre Chitterlord
  • 1 Ogre Leadfoot
  • 1 Ogre Savant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overzealous Muscle
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pick Your Poison
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pugnacious Pugilist
  • 1 Rakdos Roustabout
  • 1 Resistance Skywarden
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rose Room Treasurer
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Rustmouth Ogre
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shakedown Heavy
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Visions
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Terror of Towashi
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Turret Ogre
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder