Xyris, the Xylocarpuous Xyster

Commander / EDH* Combo Group Hug Midrange RUG (Temur) Spellslinger Tokens

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Land (33)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 4x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway *f-pre*  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Song of Freyalise
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight

Artifact (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Last Chance
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Surreal Memoir
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Fork
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Return to Nature

Creature (10)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Grand Warlord Radha
• 1x Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• 1x Kashi-Tribe Elite
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Spark Double

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Sorcery (2)

• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Vandalblast

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The goal of this lovely deck is to get a lot of snakes, then take advantage of them. Cards like Cryptolith Rite and Song of Freyalise can let you produce a ton of mana after having a few snakes, making for an easy Comet Storm or Fireball win if there's enough mana (I've had plenty of games end with over 100 snakes.) Xyris also has flying and can be pumped using Blackblade Reforged, Fiery Emancipation, and even Kaseto, Orochi Archmage or Kessig Wolf Run if you have enough mana. (Shared Animosity is good at this too, but if Animosity hits the table, then you should win soon.)

So while one player deals with hordes of snakes, you can remove another through commander damage, and Burn from Within the final opponent. This deck has a few routes you can take with considering cards like Helm of the Host and Laboratory Maniac can easily score a win. Each additional Xyris gives you more draw, if Skullclamp is out with Ashnod's Altar sacrificing 3 snakes draws 4 cards. Don't forget Teferi's Ageless Insight— one of my personal favorites— which gives you far more value than the defending player whenever Xyris attacks.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.60
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Experience Token, Snake 1/1 G