Yidris, Maelstrom Dredger

Duel Commander Aggro Combo Competitive Dredge UBRG

SUPSYNEPIS

Creature (39)

• 1x Akuta, Born of Ash
• 1x Arclight Phoenix
• 1x Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Flamewake Phoenix
• 1x Glowspore Shaman
• 1x Golgari Brownscale
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Gurmag Angler
• 1x Haunted Dead
• 1x Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
• 1x Ichorid
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 1x Murktide Regent
• 1x Narcomoeba
• 1x Nether Shadow
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ox of Agonas
• 1x Prized Amalgam
• 1x Rix Maadi Reveler
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Scrapheap Scrounger
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Shambling Shell
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Stitchwing Skaab
• 1x Street Wraith
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Vengevine
• 1x Viscera Dragger

Land (36)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Conflagrate
• 1x Creeping Chill
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Land Grant
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Sickening Dreams

Instant (7)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dangerous Wager
• 1x Darkblast
• 1x Memory's Journey
• 1x Thought Scour

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Bridge from Below
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Zombie Infestation

Artifact (2)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x The Underworld Cookbook

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Rotting Rats

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Shenanigans

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There is no doubt that throughout Magic's history, the Dredge Mechanic makes for some interesting design space for broken, spine-breaking synergies and competitive deck-building potential. Theoretically speaking, it is almost easy to discredit the viability of Dredge in a 100-card, singleton format as Commander given the lack of redundancy and consistency compared to its Eternal counterparts. However, the addition of a number of cards (I'm looking at you Creeping Chill ) in the recent sets and seeing how cards introduced in Modern Horizons have dominated the modern format (Hello there, Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis plus Altar of Dementia decks) have made a Dredge-oriented Duel commander deck a tenable experiment.

Mainly inspired by the aggressive nature of Modern Bridgevine and/or Dredge decks plus Arclight Phoenix decks dominating the meta, this brew is designed to be aggressive and thus opens new avenues for card synergy in the format (with the exception of graveyard-hate cards). The Duel commander environment is currently dominated by either hyper-aggro decks (i.e. Yuriko, Saskia, and Kari Zev) and permission-heavy, control decks (Baral, Kess, and Queen Marchesa), that inevitably cast combo-centric and synergistic strategies, like The Gitrog Monster, into the sidelines.

Yidris Dredge, on the other hand, combines these three into an aggressive-aggro/tempo strategy that can do a variety of deck styles: fast-clock via Haste creatures, control via discard and removal, and combo synergies through the Dredge mechanic. The deck is also almost readily convertible to a multiplayer deck by adding on pieces like Hermit Druid , Entomb , Mox Diamond to optimize its feasibility in a multi-player environment.

NOTE: Depending on budget issues, Bazaar of Baghdad can be replaced by Geier Reach Sanitarium .

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Duel Commander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.69
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R, Food, Spirit 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Pick your Poison, DREDGE DC