Let me put it another way. I think being able to cycle Yidaro is not so much an advantage as it is a mitigation of its inherent weakness of being a 7-drop. But if you are getting to 7 mana, is a big beater what you really need? I suspect the average deck will be much happier with a 5-drop in hand that they'll be with cycling Yidaro and hoping to draw it again at a better time. My experience with the card in standard is that you cycle it, wasting mana, and then nothing happens because you don't draw it, it's killed or your opponent benefits from your stumble and beats you first. Limited isn't as mana-tight as standard but I still dislike the card.
In other words, if you are behind, it makes things worse (cycle tax) and it's too expensive for parity situations. It seems it's only great when you are already ahead. There's also not a lot of decks that want it on a synergy basis. I know the power level is not the same, but I would rather have Crater Hellion or Bogardan Hellkite or, on the lower end, Chargning Monstrosaur, Eternal Dragon and Krosan Tusker. They seem more the kind of card I tend to want than Yidaro.
This is just my experience with the card, though. I could be wrong. We are talking about a 8/8 Trample Haste after all. Cycling it might be "mana inefficient" but that's still a big monster beating your face.
In other words, if you are behind, it makes things worse (cycle tax) and it's too expensive for parity situations. It seems it's only great when you are already ahead. There's also not a lot of decks that want it on a synergy basis. I know the power level is not the same, but I would rather have Crater Hellion or Bogardan Hellkite or, on the lower end, Chargning Monstrosaur, Eternal Dragon and Krosan Tusker. They seem more the kind of card I tend to want than Yidaro.
This is just my experience with the card, though. I could be wrong. We are talking about a 8/8 Trample Haste after all. Cycling it might be "mana inefficient" but that's still a big monster beating your face.