Commander

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Global commander stats

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414 Wins

1083 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,497 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (414–1083) at an Elo of 1,476, ranking #3582 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 8 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 2 Aug 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder's win rate?

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder has a 27% win rate across 1497 recorded Playgroup games (414 wins, 1083 losses).

How long do winning games with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder take?

Wins with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 19 days.

How many decks use Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder?

604 decks list Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder as their commander on Playgroup, of which 311 have played at least one recorded game.

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

3582

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1476

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 8

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.59

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 604

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 311

No. games played with this commander 1497

Total hours played 19 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1700	Skullblade	31	24	77 %
2	1567	josofm	8	4	50 %
3	1566	method00	2	2	100 %
4	1549	Soulsounds	1	1	100 %
5	1544	WillKill	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins, 39.07% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

39.07%

Non Combat Damage

25.17%

Commander Damage

12.25%

Combo

9.6%

Alternative

9.27%

Mill

3.64%

Poison

0.99%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 424 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder decks that leave them out.

+5.8 pp

Top card: Stomping Ground

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Stomping Ground Signature build 58 games · Signature build	+5.8 pp	58
2	Apex Devastator Signature build 74 games · Signature build	+4.5 pp	74
3	Chaos Warp 105 games	+2.8 pp	105
4	Watery Grave Signature build 65 games · Signature build	+2.7 pp	65
5	Maelstrom Wanderer 98 games	+1.5 pp	98
6	Temur Ascendancy Signature build 79 games · Signature build	+0.0 pp	79

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins 31.18% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.18% n=433

Seat 2

30.66% n=424

Seat 3

25.23% n=329

Seat 4

22.12% n=226

Seat 5

19.35% n=31

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins 29.03% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.03% n=682

1 mulligan

27.38% n=252

2 mulligans

28.05% n=82

3 mulligans

21.43% n=28

4 mulligans

25.0% n=8

5 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder 3.64/5 on average, across 957 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins, opponents flag the game as salty 63.8% of the time across 425 tracked wins.

63.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.