xyris 3.0 by Whitohawk

Format: Commander

Commander: Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Temur wheel and token swarm deck commanded by Xyris, the Writhing Storm. The primary game plan accelerates mana through low-cost dorks and rocks to cast Xyris on Turn 3 or 4, immediately followed by symmetrical wheel effects such as Windfall, Wheel and Deal, and Reforge the Soul. Each wheel forces three opponents to draw seven cards, generating 21 1/1 Snake creature tokens in a single action. When combined with passive ETB damage sources like Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, or Agate Instigator, resolving a single wheel burns the entire table for lethal damage. Alternatively, the deck can attack with massive swarms boosted by Shared Animosity or execute a compact infinite combo via Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame. An elite suite of free counterspells protects setup turns and disrupts opposing wins.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anvil of Bogardan
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diamond Lion
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Folio of Fancies
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Molten Psyche
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Time Reversal
  • 1 Time Spiral
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Wheel and Deal
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xyris, the Writhing Storm