Yidris

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Multiplayer Storm UBRG

Keerant

Land (28)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (8)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Orcish Lumberjack
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Tinder Wall
• 1x Wild Cantor

Instant (21)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Manamorphose
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Remand
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (18)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Commander (1)

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Duress
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Summer Bloom
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Underworld Breach

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Maybeboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mox Amber

Creature (1)

• 1x Orcish Lumberjack

Enchantment (1)

• 1x City of Solitude

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This primer is outdated as the deck list has changed and I have not had time to do a new write up. Maybe by the end of March 2020 I'll throw something together.

First things first. I want to thank JimWolfie for the start of this deck. He posted his list, Melt Banana, to reddit, I saw it and I had to play it. I have been playing the deck a ton and decided I would make it my own. His version is great, but I enjoy playing cards with the storm mechanic more than Aetherflux Reservoir. So let's breakdown the list I play.

Card Choices Show

Lands

Fetches, duals, shocks, and rainbow lands need no explaination. My 3 basics Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Swamp, and Snow-Covered Forest are there just in case of a Blood Moon. Although the mana rocks that the deck plays will generally get around a Blood Moon, I feel it is important to at least play at least 1 of each nonmountain basic. Lake of the Dead can provide a lot of black mana for very little investment. The last land is Cepalid Coliseum. This card turns an unused land drop into card filtering. Helps when you draw an excess of lands and cannot play them.

Creatures

Mostly 1 CMC dorks. Birds of Paradise, Deathrite Shaman, Elves of Deep Shadow, and Wild Cantor can allow for easier turn 3 casting of Yidris, turn 2 with mana rock help. Tinder Wall can help out turn 1 as well as make mana for Gamble or Past in Flames. Dark Confidant really helps during the slow games where you need to grind out slow advantage before going off.

Artifacts

Mostly mana rocks. Exceptions are Aether Spellbomb, Pyretic Spellbomb, and Sensei's Divining Top. The first 2 are 1 part creature removal. All 3 are able to draw you the card that you put on top of your library from Mystical Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Imperial Seal, Mission Briefing, and Noxious Revival. Lion's Eye Diamond is used when you cast Past in Flames or Yawgmoth's Will. It will get you the extra mana you never knew you were missing, especially when it gives you the blue mana to flashback a Mind's Desire for 20+ free cards. Isochron Scepter is really only here for Dramatic Reversal. Defense Grid is 1 of the newest cards added to the deck. The only reason it is here is because of all the wheel effects. Using a Duress which cascades into Wheel of Fate is great. When you use a discard spell successfully, then play another spell that cascades into Wheel of Fate, it is not so great.

Enchantments

Not a lot going on here. Just an Exploration and Squandered Resources for extra mana or land drop.

Instant and Sorceries

I'm just gonna lump both of these together. They are the core of the action happening with the deck. Let's break this down more.

Card draw Ponder,Ancestral Vision, Preordain, Gitaxian Probe, Brainstorm, and Manamorphose all draw us deeper into the deck while grabbing cheap effects along the way. Ad Nauseam is a powerhouse and generally will give us an extra 10-25 cards. Paradoxical Outcome helps return 0 and 1 cost artifacts and creatures to refuel our hands and provide the extra storm count that Tendrils of Agony is going to require.

Ramp Rituals are the backbone to any deck wanting to go off fast. Too bad in cEDH, fast mana rocks are generally better, but we still manage to play Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, and Culling the Weak. Summer Bloom and Explore help with some extra land drops to feed our mana hungry deck. In a pinch, Dramatic Reversal can be a pseudo ritual if needed to be.

Wheels Need a new hand? Fear not. You are covered with the likes of Wheel of Fate and Wheel of Fortune. As well as Windfall and Timetwister.

Tutors Everybody loves tutors. We play a fair few. Want a single card to your hand? Use Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent, Grim Tutor, or Dark Petition. Want something to cascade into? Use Noxious Revival to bring something back again or Imperial Seal, Vampiric Tutor, or Mystical Tutor to put your heart's desire on top. Gamble is nice for getting Past in Flames since you will not care if it hits the bin or not. Intuition can setup a nice graveyard recursion engine. Lim-Dul's Vault can really find you a single card that you want and setup a cascade for it as well.

Interaction This is my least favorite part of playing a combo deck, dealing with an opponent who thinks they need to stop you.Duress, Thoughtseize, and Inquisition of Kozilek can deal with a blue mage's hand for you. Removal can help when pesky permanents stick around. Nature's Claim, Abrade, Chain of Vapor, and Assassin's Trophy hit pretty hard. Then you also have Force of Will, Mana Drain, and Remand to answer your opponents counterspells.

Building Storm We need a higher storm count to win. Mission Briefing is the smallest of these cards. The main reason for this card is the ability to recast a spell from your graveyard while not targeting it. I'm looking at you Gitrog player with Faerie Macabre in hand. Past in Flames and Yawgmoth's Will help to generate big storm. If you played a card once, wouldn't you want to play it again? What about free spells? Cue Mind's Desire. Cast this as the 15th+ spell in turn and a lot of options will open up. Then the last card is Tendrils of Agony, the win condition.

How to play Show

Honestly go read Jim's primer. It's better than what I would write.

When you want to win with Tendrils, there are a couple steps.

Step 1. Cast Tendrils of Agony - stop here if you have enough storm to win.

Step 2A. Cast Remand targeting Tendrils and recast Tendrils. You will need around storm of 30.

Step 2B. Cast Past in Flames, cast Tendrils. You will need around storm of 30.

Step 2C. Cast Yawgoth's Will, cast Tendrils. You will need around storm of 30.

Breakdown of Strategies Show

Mind's Desire is better than you will ever realize for the Tendrils win. Casting it early is okay since you can cast it with flashback later. Gitaxian Probe can give you so much information. Better to use it before a discard spell. Past in Flames and Yawgmoth's Will can provide so much from your yard. Don't waste them early. My all time favorite Intuition piles are either Past in Flames, Yawgmoth's Will, and Gitaxian Probe or Past in Flames, Yawgmoth's Will, and Noxious Revival. Past in flames is generally the first card I would play. If you notice, it doesn't matter what they give me. I am going to get what I want. Usually done to close out a game with big graveyard. Never underestimate the power of the top of deck tutor with spellbombs or divining top to add it to your hand.

That sums up this deck. Ask any questions in the comments and I will answer and add to this Primer in the future.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	W
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.69