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Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Legendary Creature — Ogre Wizard · {U}{B}{R}{G} · Black/Green/Red/Blue commander

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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What Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Yidris deals combat damage to a player, as you cast spells from your hand this turn, they gain cascade.
• Keyword · trampletrample

What a Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder deck needs

Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• evasion for the commander (each hit gives your spells cascade)
• expensive spells

The Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 32× Mana value at or above the floor — for a cascade commander a cheap card is a DEFECT, not a bargain
• 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 4× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Combos with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder + Everflowing Chalice + Chromatic Sphere + Laboratory Maniac2 decks
• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder + Everflowing Chalice + Chromatic Sphere + Jace, Wielder Of Mysteries

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