Yidris wants to give cascade to cards with high mana costs, to increase the range of spells they can cascade into. The next thing to note is the way mana costs matter in each deck. Yidris likes to stick around, the Wanderer doesn’t, and the variance between these two play styles is key to keep in mind when choosing between the two. Your opponents may even go out of their way to keep your Maelstrom Wanderer on the battlefield so you can’t recast it, something they’d never do against a Voltron deck. This isn’t the kind of thing you’d do to your super-enchanted-multiple-equipment-wielding Voltron.
You may even run cards that invite him to leave the battlefield, just so you can recast him, like Crystal Shard.
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If he does, you’ll recast him and get two more free spells. He’s about as far from a Voltron as possible. Now compare all of this to Maelstrom Wanderer. Don’t let the value engine distract you from the Voltron powerhouse Yidris can be. But if you dream of double strike and extra combat steps to give your spells four instances of cascade, that means hitting someone four times with your 5/4 trampling commander, so chances are they’re probably almost dead from the damage alone. You’re not trying to put Eldrazi Conscription on this guy. Wait a minute! Double strike, hexproof, unblockable, Totem Armor, trample.hmmm. I might even recommend Totem Armors like Snake Umbra to help him survive the occasional Damnation. Cards like Alpha Authority and Canopy Cover are particularly good for this purpose. Making him harder to block is useful too, to get through crowded board states. If you lose him, you lose your value engine. However I do want to remind you that this means protecting Yidris is priority number one. I don’t need to point out the pure value that brings. Yidris gives cascade to your spells when he lands a hit on an opponent, and yes double strike or extra attack steps gives your spells multiple instances of cascade. Let's start with Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder. That’s clear from reading the cards, but what might not be clear is that this makes a world of difference for how these two decks function. While both mention cascade, they handle it in entirely different ways: the Wanderer has cascade, but Yidris grants cascade.
Don’t be fooled – just because they both say ‘Cascade’ on them doesn’t mean they actually have much in common. While they may look similar, these two commanders demand an incredibly different build.
#MAELSTROM COMMANDER FOR FREE#
Casting spells for free is rarely a safe thing to let players do – and both of these commanders let you do exactly that. WandererĬascade is widely regarded as one of Magic’s more broken mechanics. This week, we examine the kings of cascade, with one of the new generals from Commander 2016: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder vs. Welcome to the second Commander Showdown! Last time we looked at Trostani vs.
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Commander Showdown is a series that compares and contrast two similar commanders, analyzes differences in strategy and deck construction, and evaluates how those differences are represented by the data here on EDHREC.
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