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Yidaro, Wandering Monster

Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Turtle

Trample, haste
Cycling {1}{R}
When you cycle this card, shuffle it into your library from your graveyard. If you've cycled a card named Yidaro, Wandering Monster four or more times this game, put it onto the battlefield from your graveyard instead. (Do this before you draw.)

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7765
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Yidaro, Wandering Monster card art
Yidaro, Wandering Monster hits the battlefield as an 8/8 trampling, hasting threat that demands an immediate answer — and if your opponents can't provide one, you've likely won on the spot. The cost is the cycling-four-times setup, which is trivial in dedicated cycling shells like Gavi, Nest Warden but asks too much in generalist decks; Grinning Ignus loops aside, if you're not built around the graveyard recursion angle, you're just casting an expensive vanilla beater.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gavi, Nest Warden

Gavi, Nest Warden

41.8% of decks · synergy 0.41

Gavi, Nest Warden makes the first cycle each turn free, which means Yidaro, Wandering Monster's four-cycle threshold is essentially a resource-neutral timer rather than a real cost — you're cycling anyway, and a free 8/8 haste is the payoff.

02
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

32.6% of decks · synergy 0.32

Zilortha, Strength Incarnate cares about power rather than toughness for combat damage, and Yidaro, Wandering Monster's 8 power means it punches through any blocker that would otherwise chump it; the trample makes the combination particularly punishing.

03
Illuna, Apex of Wishes

Illuna, Apex of Wishes

13.8% of decks · synergy 0.13

Illuna, Apex of Wishes uses mutate to flip permanents off the top of libraries, and Yidaro, Wandering Monster is one of the more satisfying hits — an 8/8 trampler with haste that can also cycle itself away if the board state calls for it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Yidaro, Wandering Monster is a niche card with a clear home: cycling-focused decks that lap through their hand fast enough to fire the graveyard trigger repeatedly. Outside that shell, eight mana for an 8/8 is uncompetitive when the format is full of cheaper threats that demand answers just as urgently. In Modern and Legacy, the cycling redundancy angle is real but marginal — those formats have more efficient payoffs and the four-cycle requirement is a meaningful tempo cost. Pioneer sits in a similar spot: Yidaro, Wandering Monster can technically slot into cycling lists but rarely makes the cut over more consistent threats. Across constructed formats, treat it as a build-around, not a staple.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Yidaro, Wandering Monster isn't currently available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most accurate buylist and market price. Given its narrow application in cycling-specific Commander builds, it's unlikely to command a premium, but supply from its original printing is the main variable worth checking before you buy.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.