Commander

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Global commander stats

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427 Wins

1105 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,538 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (427–1105) at an Elo of 1,617, ranking #389 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 35 damage dealt and 0.59 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 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 1538 recorded Playgroup games (427 wins, 1105 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: 20 days.

How many decks use Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder?

633 decks list Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder as their commander on Playgroup, of which 323 have played at least one recorded game.

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

389

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1617

Trend

Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 35

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 633

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 323

No. games played with this commander 1538

Total hours played 20 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1700	Skullblade	31	24	77 %
2	1571	cjellison02	9	4	44 %
3	1567	josofm	8	4	50 %
4	1566	method00	2	2	100 %
5	1564	Kris	2	2	100 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins, 39.23% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

39.23%

Non Combat Damage

25.72%

Commander Damage

11.9%

Combo

9.65%

Alternative

9.0%

Mill

3.54%

Poison

0.96%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 438 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.

+8.3 pp

Top card: Stomping Ground

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Stomping Ground Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+8.3 pp	63
2	Watery Grave Signature build 70 games · Signature build	+5.3 pp	70
3	Apex Devastator 85 games	+5.0 pp	85
4	Exotic Orchard 144 games	+3.0 pp	144
5	Maelstrom Wanderer 110 games	+1.3 pp	110
6	Fellwar Stone Signature build 67 games · Signature build	+0.2 pp	67

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 31.59% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

31.59% n=440

Seat 2

30.88% n=434

Seat 3

25.3% n=336

Seat 4

21.65% n=231

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 29.38% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.38% n=696

1 mulligan

27.34% n=256

2 mulligans

29.07% n=86

3 mulligans

20.69% n=29

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 976 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 439 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.