Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
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.
Combos with Xyris, the Writhing Storm
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Flumph Terror of the Peaks Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite card draw for each opponent
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite draw triggers for each opponent
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Intruder Alarm Cephalid Looter Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers for each opponent
- Infinite looting for opponents
- Infinite self-discard triggers for opponents
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite untap of all creatures
- Intruder Alarm Lore Broker Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Infinite looting for all players
- Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite untap of all creatures
- Red Death, Shipwrecker Intruder Alarm Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite card draw for any number of opponents
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite untap of creatures
- Flumph Pandemonium Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite card draw for each opponent
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite draw triggers for each opponent
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Flumph Warstorm Surge Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite card draw for each opponent
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite draw triggers for each opponent
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Red Death, Shipwrecker Aura of Dominion Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite card draw for any number of opponents
- Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents
- Infinite tapped creature tokens
- Breath of Fury Fervor Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite combat phases
- Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite untap of creatures you control
- Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-04-17
If a spell or ability causes an opponent to put cards into their hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn.
- 2020-04-17
If the amount of damage Xyris deals is greater than the number of cards in your library and the number of cards in that player's library, you both lose the game at the same time. It doesn't matter if one of you had more cards in library than the other. If there are no other players left in the game, the game is a draw.
- 2020-04-17
If the amount of damage Xyris deals is greater than the number of cards in your library but causes the defending player's life total to become 0 or less, that player loses the game before Xyris's ability causes you to draw cards. If there are no other players left in the game, you win the game.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Xyris, the Writhing Storm in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Xyris, the Writhing Storm in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
- Xyris 0 games —
Xyris, the Writhing Storm price history
The Dominaria United Commander #175 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $2.19 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $2.14 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $2.13 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $2.11 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $2.12 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $2.14 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $2.17 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $2.16 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $2.18 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $2.20 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $2.17 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $2.19 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $2.16 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $2.15 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $2.13 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $2.15 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $2.13 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $2.12 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $2.13 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $2.11 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $2.13 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $2.12 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $2.10 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $2.09 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $2.11 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $2.07 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Xyris, the Writhing Storm
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- —
- Normal
- $1.50
Promo
Year of the Snake 2025
- Foil
- $43.65
- Normal
- $2.19
- Normal
- $1.82
- Foil
- $3.58
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Xyris, the Writhing Storm. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
