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Idris, Soul of the TARDIS
Legendary Creature — Human Incarnation
Vanishing 3 Imprint — When Idris enters, exile another artifact you control until Idris leaves the battlefield. Idris has all activated and triggered abilities of the exiled card and gets +X/+X, where X is the exiled card's mana value.
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“Steal artifact abilities with an imprinting time lord for tempo and value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combo
Artifacts, Voltron, Combo
Strategy
Idris, Soul of the TARDIS is a unique imprinting commander that temporarily steals the abilities and power of an artifact you control. Your core gameplan revolves around loading up Idris with high-mana-value artifacts—especially ones with juicy activated abilities like card draw, tutoring, or damage—then swinging in for commander damage while threatening to activate whatever you've imprinted. Since Idris has vanishing 3, you're working on a three-turn clock before it phases out, so you want to leverage that window to either win or set up a fresh imprint cycle.
Build around artifacts with strong activated abilities: mana rocks that tap for effects, drawing engines, utility pieces. Cards like Krak-Clan Ironworks, Spine of Ish Sah, or even utility artifacts like Mystic Reflection become evasive threats when attached to Idris. You'll also want ways to cheat Idris back onto the battlefield or recycle it before vanishing exiles it permanently, keeping the imprint engine humming. The deck leans tempo-ish midrange, applying pressure while setting up bigger plays.
Wins come through commander damage (Idris grows large from artifact mana values), the abilities you've imprinted (tutoring, damage, card advantage), or grinding out value over several imprint cycles. It's a fresh, build-around-me take on artifact synergies.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive artifact tutors like Enlightened Tutor; use budget draw like Thirst for Knowledge and ramp with Fellwar Stone or Talisman of Curiosity instead of pricier mana rocks.
Signature Cards
Inclusion = % of Idris, Soul of the TARDIS decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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