Æther Assault [Needs Cuts]

Commander / EDH*

Jaathik

Land (34)

• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 2x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Hit Twice (6)

• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Blood Mist
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Rage Reflection

Free Stuff (5)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Oracle's Vault
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise

Beater (13)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal
• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Sphinx Ambassador
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Removal (11)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Bituminous Blast
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

Combat (8)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
• 1x Torrent Elemental
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Bonuses (5)

• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Wild Pair

Double Up (3)

• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Gigantomancer
• 1x Riku of Two Reflections

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

• 1x Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Krosan Drover
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid

Cards (9)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Demonic Collusion
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Opponents (6)

• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kaervek the Merciless
• 1x Lurking Predators
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Vicious Shadows

Other (1)

• 1x Strionic Resonator

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Maybeboard

Control (10)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dispersal Shield
• 1x Envelop
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song

Removal (4)

• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  ^Flip
• 1x Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

Opponents (2)

• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Stalking Vengeance

Free Stuff (1)

• 1x Deadbridge Chant

Beater (2)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Centaur Omenreader

Bonuses (2)

• 1x Sarkhan's Unsealing
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Cards (1)

• 1x Colossal Majesty

Ramp (1)

• 1x Animist's Awakening

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Yidris, the Chaotic Ogre. He likes hitting hard and slinging spells. The deck's focus and play strategy is to utilize combat damage, as well as getting the most value out of casting spells. I'm not new to commander, but I'm not the best at the game itself, as I can't play as often as I'd like; I mostly have to rely on the articles and Reddit. As a general rule, I'm on a bit of a budget. There are a few exceptions, but I'd like to keep the cost of individual cards low, but I'm willing to pay for good cards.

The Categories

Staples

Draw, Removal, and Ramp are all cards that needs to be in every deck. These types of card are necessities, though I may have too many in them. Some of these cards reflect the strategy of dealing combat damage or value from spells.

Combat

These cards help me deal more combat damage, or get bonuses from doing goal #1 of the deck. Double the combat, double the damage. I also decided to add some unblockable anthem effects to get the most value out of playing creatures that love making contact.

Double Up

Yidris's cascade leads me to two-for one-ing every spell I cast after combat, so I thought I'd make getting more bang for my mana a secondary focus of this deck. The cards in here can draw cards, deal damage, and cast more spells for a fraction of the cost.

Beaters

These are the meat of the deck. They hit, and hit hard. I get lots of extras from these cards: Damage, cards, spells, or just punishing my opponents. The curve here is a bit high, but I think that's balanced thanks to Yidris's cascade ability.

Omissions

Too Expensive: Demonic Tutor, Damnation, Scourge of the Throne, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, and Bloom Tender

Don't work with the deck: Skyshroud Claim/Nature's Lore (Shock lands are too expensive)

Deal Damage? Get stuff or make them hurt! One of the two focuses of the deck is to deal combat damage. The category 'Beaters' is filled with creatures that like to hit my opponents. From gaining more cards off of Etali, Primal Storm, to punishing my opponent with King Macar, the Gold-Cursed. There are also other cards in the deck, such as Grenzo, Havoc Raiser that act as anthems for my combat. As with most things, more is better. As such, I've added a bunch of cards that give me extra combat phases or give my creatures double strike. Double the damage, double the effects, double the cascade!. In order to get my creatures to make more contact, I've also added a bunch of unblockable effects like Archetype of Imagination to ensure that I'll be dealing damage when I want to.

Cast a spell? Make it two! The other focus of the deck is to gain more value from casting spells. The prime way to do this of course it attack with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. The category 'Double Up' has cards that either double my spells directly, or give me more advantage from them. Sunbird's Invocation is like a different version of cascade, Deadbridge Chant not only draw me cards, but can also give me free a creature every turn, and Warstorm Surge makes every creature a burn spell! I won't just be getting value from my spells, but also my opponents'. Mind's Dilation and Lurking Predators make my opponents think twice before casting a spell. Want to remove one of my beaters? Kaervek the Merciless bites back.

I really need help cutting cards from this deck. All advice welcome, though cutting cards would be most helpful.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	W
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 61 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	114
Avg. CMC	4.54
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Cat Dragon 3/3 BRG, Copy Clone, Gold, Morph 2/2 C, Pirate 2/2 B, Treasure