3 snake by user8397102

Format: Commander

Commander: Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Temur wheel and token swarm strategy led by Xyris, the Writhing Storm. The primary game plan accelerates mana on early turns to deploy Xyris on Turn 4, followed immediately by casting high-impact symmetrical draw spells like Wheel of Fortune, Windfall, or Wheel of Misfortune on Turn 5. Forcing each opponent to draw seven cards triggers Xyris to flood the battlefield with twenty-one 1/1 Snake creature tokens in a single turn. The deck then converts this sudden army into a lethal win on Turn 6 using overwhelming team buffs such as Shared Animosity, Coat of Arms, and Beastmaster Ascension, or direct enter-the-battlefield burn via Purphoros, God of the Forge and Impact Tremors. While the list possesses immense burst card draw and formidable go-wide damage, it runs minimal tutors and provides opponents with fresh seven-card hands, requiring precise timing and protective countermagic like Fierce Guardianship to secure victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bountiful Landscape
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cybermen Squadron
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Gold Saucer
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Xyris, the Writhing Storm