Art: Karl Kopinski · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

UBRG

Legendary Creature — Ogre Wizard · from $4.08

Trample Whenever Yidris deals combat damage to a player, as you cast spells from your hand this turn, they gain cascade. (When you cast the spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

59 of 100 at $5 or less · 41 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
10	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
11	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
12	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
13	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
14	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
15	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
16	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
17	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
18	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
19	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
20	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
21	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
22	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
23	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
24	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
25	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
26	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
27	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
28	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
29	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
30	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
31	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
32	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
33	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
34	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
35	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
36	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
37	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
38	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
39	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
40	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
41	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
42	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
43	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
44	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
45	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
46	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
47	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
48	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
49	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
50	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
51	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
52	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
53	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
54	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
55	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
56	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
57	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
58	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
59	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
60	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
61	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
62	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
63	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
64	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
65	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
66	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
67	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
68	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
69	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
70	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
71	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
72	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
73	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
74	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
75	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
76	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
77	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
78	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
79	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
80	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
81	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
82	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
83	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
84	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
85	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
86	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
87	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50
88	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
89	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
90	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
91	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
92	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
93	Shivan Reef	Land	0	$0.22
94	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
95	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
96	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
97	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
98	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
99	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
100	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01

Curve of these staples

Most played with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

The 25 most-played cards in 9 settled top-16 lists running Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder at 16+ player events since Mar 13, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Ad Nauseam	100% · 9 of 9	2
2	Arcane Signet	100% · 9 of 9	2
3	Badlands	100% · 9 of 9	2
4	Bayou	100% · 9 of 9	2
5	Beseech the Mirror	100% · 9 of 9	2
6	Bloodstained Mire	100% · 9 of 9	2
7	Borne Upon a Wind	100% · 9 of 9	2
8	Brain Freeze	100% · 9 of 9	2
9	Culling Ritual	100% · 9 of 9	2
10	Dark Ritual	100% · 9 of 9	2
11	Demonic Tutor	100% · 9 of 9	2
12	Gamble	100% · 9 of 9	2
13	Hexing Squelcher	100% · 9 of 9	2
14	Lion's Eye Diamond	100% · 9 of 9	2
15	Lotus Petal	100% · 9 of 9	2
16	Mana Vault	100% · 9 of 9	2
17	Mox Diamond	100% · 9 of 9	2
18	Mystical Tutor	100% · 9 of 9	2
19	Necropotence	100% · 9 of 9	2
20	Otawara, Soaring City	100% · 9 of 9	2
21	Polluted Delta	100% · 9 of 9	2
22	Rhystic Study	100% · 9 of 9	2
23	Scalding Tarn	100% · 9 of 9	2
24	Sol Ring	100% · 9 of 9	2
25	Tainted Pact	100% · 9 of 9	2

Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 9 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

13th of 39 — Misfit Mayhem VII on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Joshua (Turtle) Walborn
11th of 66 — Level 02: Hexdrinker - Lost Levels - BFF on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 2–2–2 · by Tai Makes Noise
4th of 24 — La Competència | Brain Freeze | cEDH on Topdeck.ggJul 31, 2026 · 1–0–2 · by Alex Romero Puigvert
7th of 53 — CEDH Commander Challenge on Topdeck.ggMay 23, 2026 · 2–1–2 · by Sean Marciniak
9th of 17 — Fetching for the WIn on Topdeck.ggMay 16, 2026 · 1–4–0 · by Kayla Kiley
16th of 36 — DDM Monthly League #1 on Topdeck.ggMay 9, 2026 · 0–1–2 · by Daniel Bartesch
5th of 25 — La Competència | Brain Freeze | cEDH | on Topdeck.ggApr 24, 2026 · 1–0–2 · by Alex Romero Puigvert
2nd of 36 — La Competència | cEDH | Mishra’s Cup on Topdeck.ggMar 28, 2026 · 4–2–0 · by Alex Romero Puigvert

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Precons led by Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Official preconstructed decks with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder at the helm.

Entropic Uprising
PreconCommander· Released Nov 2016

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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