Yidaro, Wandering Monster

Yidaro is all about cycling synergies and building toward a explosive payoff. Your game plan revolves around triggering the cycling mechanic repeatedly—ideally four times—to cheat this 8/8 trampler onto the battlefield for free. Each cycle costs just {1}{R}, so you're filling your graveyard while digging for answers and threats. Once you hit that fourth cycle, Yidaro comes down without paying its seven-mana cost, giving you a huge tempo swing that's hard for opponents to handle.

Build around cheap cycling payoffs and efficient ways to trigger cycles multiple times per turn. Cards that reward cycling or care about the graveyard turn each iteration into card draw, mana ramp, or damage. You're not just cycling for Yidaro—every cycle fuels your engine. The deck wins through a combination of Yidaro's inevitable arrival and the value you've generated along the way, whether that's through burn spells, tokens, or simply overwhelming board presence from all your cycling-triggered effects.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.