Commander

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Global commander stats

All Sans White commanders

474 Wins

1221 Losses

Overview

Summary

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,702 recorded Playgroup games, winning 27% of them (474–1221) at an Elo of 1,533, ranking #1447 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 32 damage dealt and 0.58 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Nov 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 1702 recorded Playgroup games (474 wins, 1221 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: 22 days.

How many decks use Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder?

719 decks list Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder as their commander on Playgroup, of which 382 have played at least one recorded game.

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

1447

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1533

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Global Elo trend

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Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 32

Average commander damage per game 5

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.58

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 719

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 382

No. games played with this commander 1702

Total hours played 22 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1700	Skullblade	31	24	77 %
2	1571	cjellison02	10	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, 40.59% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

40.59%

Non Combat Damage

26.47%

Commander Damage

10.88%

Alternative

9.12%

Combo

8.82%

Mill

3.24%

Poison

0.88%

Avg win turn 8.1 based on 484 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.

+6.4 pp

Top card: Apex Devastator

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Apex Devastator 122 games	+6.4 pp	122
2	Bloodbraid Challenger 105 games	+6.2 pp	105
3	Zagoth Triome 60 games	+5.8 pp	60
4	Xander's Lounge 61 games	+5.0 pp	61
5	Ignoble Hierarch 69 games	+4.0 pp	69
6	Exotic Orchard 229 games	+3.8 pp	229
7	Temur Ascendancy 101 games	+2.4 pp	101
8	Maelstrom Wanderer 159 games	+2.3 pp	159
9	Hullbreaker Horror Signature build 84 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	84
10	Brainstorm Signature build 103 games · Signature build	+1.1 pp	103

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Bloodbraid Elf 134 games	+0.9 pp	134
12	Scalding Tarn 60 games	+0.8 pp	60
13	Verdant Catacombs 61 games	+0.7 pp	61
14	Stomping Ground 110 games	+0.5 pp	110
15	Ketria Triome 67 games	+0.5 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 32.02% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.02% n=495

Seat 2

30.89% n=492

Seat 3

25.13% n=372

Seat 4

22.2% n=250

Seat 5

16.22% n=37

Seat 6

0.0% n=7

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins 29.19% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

29.19% n=728

1 mulligan

27.4% n=292

2 mulligans

26.04% n=96

3 mulligans

23.33% n=30

4 mulligans

33.33% n=9

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 1061 self-reports.

3.64 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder wins, opponents flag the game as salty 37.7% of the time across 486 tracked wins.

37.7 \%

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.