Hand of Calamity

Commander / EDH*

J.Wilcox99

Land (34)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Blood Mist
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Soothsaying
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Creature (20)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Magus of the Will
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Artifact (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Prismatic Geoscope
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

Commander (1)

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Ghastly Conscription
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Volcanic Vision
• 1x World at War

Instant (7)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Savage Beating

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (1)

• 1x Autumn's Veil

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Praetor's Grasp

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A fun take on Yidris, the main goal is to make him unblockable and swing in multiple combat phases, some double strike in there, and then cast spells that cascade multiple times which just continue to trigger more casts such as Diluvian Primordial or Sepulchral Primordial or even Etali, Primal Storm for multiple fun triggers. Panharmonicon is in there for some fun effects with the primordials and Gonti, Lord of Luxury. You want to get as many mana rocks out as possible soon so that Paradox Engine can start doing work as well. Mana Reflection works rather well with all the mana dorks too, tapping a Bloom Tender or a Prismatic Geoscope for 8 mana is beautiful.

As far as the extra combat phases go, there's several awesome guys in here that abuse that. Savage Ventmaw pumping mana every attack does allow an infinite combat phase combo with Aggravated Assault so that's fun. Pathbreaker Ibex can make all your little creatures, even your mana dorks if need be, turn into heavy hitters especially with something like Lord of Extinction on the battlefield. Also double strike on Yidris is just too good, every time he hits someone with combat damage, it stacks one instance of cascade on spells you cast this turn. So for example:

You have Yidris out with an Aggravated Assault and a Blood Mist. You cast Distortion Strike and hit someone for 12 damage. That adds 2 instances of cascade on all the spells you cast next. You pay the 5 mana for an extra combat phase from Aggravated Assault and do it again. Not only is that 24 commander damage on someone, but then you cast a Diluvian Primordial and cascade 4 times. The best part is, the remaining opponents (let's just say it was a 5 player game) have some fun instant or sorceries in their graveyard and I can potentially CAST 3 (since one died to commander damage) instants/sorceries and cascade 4 times on each of those as well.

EDIT: Yidris says spells cast from your hand this turn gain cascade, disregard anything that I say that declares otherwise

And oh, lookie here! I just cascaded into a Relentless Assault! Another combat phase, 2 more "cascade stacks" are added on so now each spell you cast can potentially cascade 6 times! Now imagine playing something like Tendrils of Agony or something else with storm...

There's just so much potential with this deck and I'm super stoked to hear your feedback. I'm also new to this whole Yidris thing and didn't want to make a wheel deck because that's boring imo. I'm always open to new suggestions. Thanks all!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Manifest 2/2 C