Yidris Wild Pair

Commander / EDH Casual Control UBRG

VanderW

Land (37)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 4x Snow-Covered Forest
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Control (5)

• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Voidmage Husher

Draw (11)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Fblthp, the Lost
• 1x Ice-Fang Coatl
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Llanowar Visionary
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Ramp (10)

• 1x Averna, the Chaos Bloom
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Wood Elves

Utility (10)

• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Glen Elendra Pranksters
• 1x Plaxmanta
• 1x Riku of Two Reflections
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Yarok, the Desecrated

Recursion (3)

• 1x Deadwood Treefolk
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa

Commander (1)

Removal (11)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Green Slime
• 1x Incubation / Incongruity
• 1x Ingot Chewer
• 1x Plague Mare
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra

Damage (6)

• 1x Caller of the Claw
• 1x Netherborn Phalanx
• 1x Priest of the Blood Rite
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Thragtusk

Tutor (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wild Pair

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Maybeboard

Damage (18)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Anger
• 1x Broodmate Dragon
• 1x Deep Forest Hermit
• 1x Deranged Hermit
• 1x Furystoke Giant
• 1x Great Oak Guardian
• 1x Hellhole Rats
• 1x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip
• 1x Madrush Cyclops
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 1x Primal Forcemage
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Siege-Gang Commander
• 1x Tuktuk Rubblefort
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Land (17)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 6x Snow-Covered Forest
• 5x Snow-Covered Island
• 2x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 2x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Ramp (11)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Burning-Tree Emissary
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Priest of Gix
• 1x Priest of Urabrask
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid

Removal (9)

• 1x Ambush Viper
• 1x Broken Wings
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Ravenform
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Winged Coatl

Draw (2)

• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Elvish Visionary

Utility (11)

• 1x Aluren
• 1x Briarhorn
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Merfolk Trickster
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Quickling
• 1x Scryb Ranger
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Skylasher
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Control (7)

• 1x AEthersnipe
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Portal Mage
• 1x Silumgar Sorcerer
• 1x Sower of Temptation

Recursion (5)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x The Cauldron of Eternity

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Yidris Wild Pair

This deck has been adapted from my previous (now retired) Yasova Wild Pair - Retired deck. My previous Wild Pair construction in this deck suffered from two problems:

• Yasova Dragonclaw had too many of her own themes in +1/+1 counters and stealing and sacrificing temporarily hijacked creatures.
• Temur is terrible at tutoring enchantments. So the namesake of the deck rarely got cast. The deck still worked well enough, but mostly as a Yasova creature steal deck.

I decided to add black for tutors and some other nice creature options and started looking at other commanders. Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder quickly seemed the only real option, since partners are the only other way to go:
Vial/Thrasios seemed the only viable option, but only Thrasios would add real value to Wild Pair. Partners in general present the problem that commander zone casting doesn't work for Wild Pair, and they would take up a creature slot for the deck. The cascade on Yidris will on occasion really help if he could punch through. Apart from Averna, the Chaos Bloom nothing much is invested in the commander though. This helps free up much space for the entire Wild Pair construction.

Short Rundown of the deck

The deck: Value and Control tools

What the deck mostly wants to do is create value by (ab)using Enter the Battlefield effects of creatures. Specifically when Wild Pair hits the table.

• Tutors: Gauge the situation, but these are mostly there as additional copies of Wild Pair
• Bounce/ETB enablers: These are the bones of the deck: the creatures work best when recurred, answers keep being relevant and value
• Damage: the way to finish is mostly chip damage and attrition, but if the engine really gets online with Purphoros, God of the Forge and Terror of the Peaks it should be able to finish more quickly.
• Draw and ramp: This makes the deck go, especially since recurring and casting all these creatures is very resource hungry.

Weakness and Silver bullets

• Biggest offenders to the deck: Torpor Orb, Hushbringer, Hushwing Gryff and Tocatli Honor Guard: these cards shut the deck completely down.
  If you sit down with a pod and you know the other decks or can expect any of these to surface, then keep the following in reserve for these cards: the non-creature instant removal, the tutors to possibly search for these removal cards or the (hard) counter options. Because the game will be pretty much over if one of those sticks around.
• Other creature hate/Sac-Control decks: Given certain recursion routes the deck can still function if you get these quickly enough, but things become more problematic if cards like Tergrid, God of Fright   and It That Betrays get played. Those decks need to get focused down before these can do too much harm.
• Really fast aggro: Really fast aggro that hits hard before the engines start getting online can be problematic, hopefully you can field enough small creatures too chumpblock and weather the storm.

Missing cards?

Some cards might feel like these miss in the deck, here's some explanation. There's definite merit to putting these in the deck. See the 'Maybeboard' for what has been considered but left out.
Note: these might come back after some playtesting.

• Power & Tougnhess 3 combination: by far the most painful cards to cut: Eternal Witness, Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Dockside Extortionist, etc. Unfortunately, there was not enough room for this entire category.
• More Finisher options: Gray Merchant of Asphodel: not many black mana symbols and Netherborn Phalanx tutors Wild Pair. Other cards like Deranged Hermit, Broodmate Dragon, etc were considered.
• Recursion: Riftsweeper is awesome and might be very necessary in your own meta. In my meta I can mostly get away with not running it since exile effects are mostly focussed and there's enough redundance in the deck to get away with it.
  If there's still too little recursion because your meta is more sweeper heavy then consider that.
• Aluren: not enough cheap creatures anymore.

Wild Pair spread

This section will list a rundown of the creatures that can be tutored with Wild Pair according to their added power and toughness by combination.
The creatures have their role listed in short keywords and descriptors, with specific mention of creatures with Flash of themselves.

Power and Toughness combinations

2

• Baleful Strix:Draw
• Bloom Tender: Ramp
• Caustic Caterpillar: Removal
• Cloud of Faeries: Ramp
• Coiling Oracle: Draw, occasional Ramp.
• Draining Whelk:Flash, Counter
• Farhaven Elf: Ramp
• Fblthp, the Lost: Draw
• Ice-Fang Coatl:Flash, Draw
• Imperial Recruiter, Tutor
• Prime Speaker Zegana: Draw
• Risen Reef: Draw, occassional Ramp.
• Sakura-Tribe Scout: Ramp
• Wood Elves: Ramp

4

Glen Elendra Pranksters: ETB-enabler

Acidic Slime: Removal

Bane of Progress: Removal

Barrin, Tolarian Archmage: Draw, ETB-enabler

Caller of the Claw:Flash, Damage/Finisher, Protection

Dualcaster Mage:Flash, Utility

Green Slime: Flash, Removal

Llanowar Visionary: Draw, Ramp

Mulldrifter: Draw

Mystic Snake:Flash, Counter

Plague Mare: Removal

Plaxmanta:Flash: Protection

Priest of the Blood Rite: Damage/Finisher

Ravenous Chupacabra: Removal

Riku of Two Reflections: ETB-enabler

Venser, Shaper Savant:Flash, ETB-enabler, Counter

Voidmage Husher:Flash, Counter

Liliana's Standard Bearer:Flash, Draw

6

Dream Stalker: ETB-enabler

Duplicant: Removal

Netherborn Phalanx: Damage/Finisher, Tutor.

Seedborn Muse: Ramp

Garna, the Bloodflame:Flash, Recursion, Haste

Ingot Chewer: Removal

Averna, the Chaos Bloom: Ramp

7

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir:Flash: most importantly, enables flash for other creatures

Temur Sabertooth: ETB-enabler

8

Yarok, the Desecrated: ETB-enabler

Bramble Sovereign: ETB-enabler

Thragtusk: Damage/Finisher

9

Deadwood Treefolk: Recursion

Greenwarden of Murasa: Recursion

Terror of the Peaks: Damage/Finisher

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

11

Purphoros, God of the Forge: Damage/Finisher

Thassa, Deep-Dwelling: ETB-enabler

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Demon 5/5 B, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Based on	Yasova Wild Pair - Retired VanderW EDH