🐍🐍🐍 by radagastly

Format: Commander

Commander: Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Temur synergy build centered on Xyris, the Writhing Storm. It leverages dense 1-2 CMC ramp to deploy Xyris ahead of curve on Turn 3. On Turn 4, it casts symmetrical wheel effects such as Windfall, Time Spiral, or Reforge the Soul, forcing each opponent to draw multiple cards and creating 21 or more 1/1 Snake creature tokens in a single turn. These massive token waves are converted directly into lethal table damage via entry triggers like Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, and Agate Instigator, or sacrificed to Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod's Altar to generate enormous mana and chain additional draw spells. Backed by robust protection pieces including Heroic Intervention, Dosan the Falling Leaf, and cheap counterspells, the deck quickly transitions from early acceleration to explosive same-turn or next-turn table kills.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Burning Inquiry
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Molten Psyche
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Red Death, Shipwrecker
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Time Reversal
  • 1 Time Spiral
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Shusher
  • 1 Wheel of Fate
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Xyris, the Writhing Storm
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast