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Xyris, the Writhing Storm - Group draw turned into a snake army
Xyris, the Writhing Storm · GRU · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 42Instants 10Sorceries 7Artifacts 1Enchantments 2Lands 37
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Strategy
Every extra card an opponent draws makes you a Snake, and Xyris connecting draws cards equal to its power. The deck therefore does something that normally helps opponents - handing the whole table cards - and turns it into an army plus a full grip. Wheel effects are the best version of it, because they are symmetrical draws that only one player gets paid for.
Early: Ramp and fixing first, since the engine needs Xyris out and protected. Birds of Paradise, Llanowar Elves, Cultivate and Growth Spiral set up three colours, and Coiling Oracle and Sakura-Tribe Elder smooth the draws.
Mid: Xyris lands and the group draw begins. Howling Mine and Kami of the Crescent Moon give everyone a card each turn, which is a Snake per opponent per turn, while Edric, Spymaster of Trest and Ohran Frostfang turn the Snakes themselves into draw. Vision Skeins and Lore Broker do the same cheaply.
Late: Wheels are the payoff. Windfall, Jace's Archivist, Magus of the Wheel, Whirlpool Warrior and Wheel and Deal each refill every hand at once, producing a mass of Snakes in a single cast. Adrix and Nev, Twincasters doubles every one of them.
Win conditions: One wide swing, usually right after a wheel - Craterhoof Behemoth is the clean finish. The deck also kills without attacking: Purphoros, God of the Forge and Impact Tremors turn each Snake entering into damage, and Psychosis Crawler drains the table on every card drawn.
- Howling Mine - A snake per opponent every turn
- Windfall - Refills every hand, mass snakes
- Adrix and Nev, Twincasters - Doubles every snake token
- Craterhoof Behemoth - Converts the snakes into lethal damage
~$338.81
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Legendary Creature — Snake Leviathan
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token.
Whenever Xyris deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.
Creatures (42)
Magus of the Wheel
Creature — Human Wizard
$1.1
{1}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Seshiro the Anointed
Legendary Creature — Snake Monk
$4.93
Other Snake creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever a Snake you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard
$0.43
{G}{U}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. If that creature is a Snake, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Lore Broker
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.43
{T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.
Vedalken Heretic
Creature — Vedalken Rogue
$0.63
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Whirlpool Warrior
Creature — Merfolk Warrior
$1.32
When this creature enters, shuffle the cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.
{R}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards.
Surrakar Spellblade
Creature — Surrakar
$0.3
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on this creature.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of charge counters on it.
Scrawling Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
$3.43
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.
Witty Roastmaster
Creature — Devil Citizen
$1.06
Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
$27.77
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent.
{2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Jace's Archivist
Creature — Vedalken Wizard
$7.5
{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
The Locust God
Legendary Creature — God
$7.13
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste.
{2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Psychosis Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$0.66
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.
Enduring Vitality
Enchantment Creature — Elk Glimmer
$14.32
Vigilance
Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
When Enduring Vitality dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Molten Gatekeeper
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.28
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Unearth {R} ({R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Kami of the Crescent Moon
Legendary Creature — Spirit
$7.83
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Razorkin Needlehead
Creature — Human Assassin
$5.4
This creature has first strike during your turn.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to them.
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$8.21
Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Agate Instigator
Creature — Lizard Rogue
$8.02
Offspring {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Creature — Snake Shaman
$0.29
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Junk Winder
Creature — Serpent
$0.3
Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.)
Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Chasm Skulker
Creature — Squid Horror
$0.32
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Legendary Creature — Elf Rogue
$2.03
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card.
Craterhoof Behemoth
Creature — Beast
$23.08
Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Ohran Frostfang
Snow Creature — Snake
$7.14
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Weftstalker Ardent
Creature — Drix Artificer
$3.77
Whenever another creature or artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Warp {R} (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Heartwood Storyteller
Creature — Treefolk
$4.69
Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, each of that player's opponents may draw a card.
Coiling Oracle
Creature — Snake Elf Druid
$0.16
When this creature enters, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Druid
$10.64
Tokens you control have "{T}: Add {G}."
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Faerie Mastermind
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$11.59
Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
{3}{U}: Each player draws a card.
Delighted Halfling
Creature — Halfling Citizen
$25.14
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.
Curiosity Crafter
Creature — Bird Wizard
$0.32
Flying
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever a creature token you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Dragon Mage
Creature — Dragon Wizard
$0.18
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Trygon Predator
Creature — Beast
$0.08
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$5.18
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.
Ohran Viper
Snow Creature — Snake
$1.29
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Red Death, Shipwrecker
Legendary Creature — Crab Mutant
$0.34
Alluring Eyes — {T}: Goad target creature an opponent controls. That player draws a card. You add {R}. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$1.11
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
{T}: Draw a card.
Bloom Tender
Creature — Elf Druid
$13.15
Vivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Instants (10)
Arcane Denial
Instant
$1.91
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Wheel and Deal
Instant
$16.11
Any number of target opponents each discard their hands, then draw seven cards.
Draw a card.
Get a Leg Up
Instant
$0.22
Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control and gains reach.
Beast Within
Instant
$0.47
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Growth Spiral
Instant
$0.28
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.31
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.1
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorceries (7)
Windfall
Sorcery
$4.91
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cultivate
Sorcery
$0.38
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Farseek
Sorcery
$0.4
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Kodama's Reach
Sorcery — Arcane
$1.55
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Molten Psyche
Sorcery
$4.54
Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards.
Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, Molten Psyche deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of cards that player has drawn this turn.
Blasphemous Act
Sorcery
$0.72
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Vandalblast
Sorcery
$1.7
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Artifacts (1)
Howling Mine
Artifact
$4.82
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
Enchantments (2)
Impact Tremors
Enchantment
$2.68
Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Goblin Bombardment
Enchantment
$2.5
Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.
Lands (37)
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
Legendary Land
$4.54
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.
Kessig Wolf Run
Land
$0.33
{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Geier Reach Sanitarium
Legendary Land
$0.78
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.
Mistrise Village
Land
$7.41
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Land
$0.38
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.
Temple of the False God
Land
$0.19
{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Mosswort Bridge
Land
$0.23
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.
Command Tower
Land
$0.24
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Exotic Orchard
Land
$0.17
{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Hinterland Harbor
Land
$0.29
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.
Breeding Pool
Land — Forest Island
$9.52
({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Stomping Ground
Land — Mountain Forest
$6.61
({T}: Add {R} or {G}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Sulfur Falls
Land
$0.25
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.
Steam Vents
Land — Island Mountain
$10.05
({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Cinder Glade
Land — Mountain Forest
$0.29
({T}: Add {R} or {G}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Basic lands: 7 Forest 7 Island 5 Mountain
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