Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder card art — Art by Karl Kopinski · © Wizards of the Coast

Entropic Uprising

Bracket 2

C16 — Commander 2016 · 2016-11-11

Commander: Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder · Color identity: BGRU

Bracket

Power Level

4.2/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

No hard floors (no Game Changers, no two-card infinite combo, no mass land destruction) — verdict from optimization score 22/75 (15 card draw, 10 interaction, 1 fast-mana)
Engine accuracy: 77.1% exact and 99.5% within one bracket on 1,229 organizer-labeled tournament decklists (engine v389).

How it compares

Against the 5 Commander 2016 decks we analyzed, this is 3rd strongest — power 4.2 versus a set average of 4.3. That is 0.4 below the 174-precon library average of 4.6. Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2016 decks

Invent Superiority — Bracket 2, power 4.9
Open Hostility — Bracket 2, power 4.6
Stalwart Unity — Bracket 2, power 4.0
Breed Lethality — Bracket 2, power 3.8

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arcane Wizardry — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call for Backup — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Call the Spirits — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Death Toll — Bracket 2, power 4.2
Desert Bloom — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder's color identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Arcane Signet Ramp $0.49
Wayfarer's Bauble Ramp $5.61
Cultivate Ramp $0.41
Kodama's Reach Ramp $1.77
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.23
Rampant Growth Ramp $1.28

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
1 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Coiling Oracle
1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
1 Goblin Spymaster
1 Spellheart Chimera
1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
1 Academy Elite
1 Gamekeeper
1 Sangromancer
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Horizon Chimera
1 Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
1 Glint-Eye Nephilim
1 Aeon Chronicler
1 Guiltfeeder
1 Consuming Aberration
1 Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
1 Runehorn Hellkite
1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
1 Dragon Mage
1 Blood Tyrant
1 Wheel of Fate
1 Windfall
1 Parting Thoughts
1 Far Wanderings
1 Past in Flames
1 Whispering Madness
1 Decimate
1 Devastation Tide
1 Reforge the Soul
1 Worm Harvest
1 Spelltwine
1 Whims of the Fates
1 Grave Upheaval
1 Cruel Entertainment
1 Ghastly Conscription
1 Volcanic Vision
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Treacherous Terrain
1 Army of the Damned
1 In Garruk's Wake
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Chaos Warp
1 Ancient Excavation
1 Evacuation
1 Bituminous Blast
1 Curtains' Call
1 Sol Ring
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Whispersilk Cloak
1 Boompile
1 Burgeoning
1 Waste Not
1 Frenzied Fugue
1 Ash Barrens
1 Command Tower
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Dismal Backwater
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Opulent Palace
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Rugged Highlands
1 Rupture Spire
1 Savage Lands
1 Shadowblood Ridge
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Thornwood Falls
2 Island
2 Island
1 Island
2 Swamp
2 Swamp
1 Swamp
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
1 Mountain
2 Forest
2 Forest
1 Forest

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/EntropicUprising_C16.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.