Snake Hug

Commander / EDH Control Forcefeed Group Hug RUG (Temur)

Moose-Storm

Land (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 6x Snow-Covered Forest
• 6x Snow-Covered Island
• 6x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Aspect of Mongoose
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Well of Ideas

Creature (20)

• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dakra Mystic
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Glademuse
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Ice-Fang Coatl
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kashi-Tribe Elite
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Skullwinder

Artifact (11)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Whirlwind Denial

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth

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Xyris Group Hug

Group Hug:

Xyris, the Writhing Storm seems perfect for Group Hug. I give you cards, you give me Snakes, what's not to love? I wanted to build Xyris, but I wanted to avoid Wheels, because I already have a wheels deck, so I focused on just giving everyone extra card draw. Cards like Well of Ideas , Fevered Visions , Rites of Flourishing , Font of Mythos , Howling Mine , Anvil of Bogardan , Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist , Edric, Spymaster of Trest , Kami of the Crescent Moon , and Mikokoro, Center of the Sea spread the love around.

Snakehoof:

This deck has a Snake tribal sub-theme because having a Snake army is so satisfying! So, I included Snakes like Seshiro the Anointed , Ohran Frostfang , Skullwinder , Kashi-Tribe Elite , Ice-Fang Coatl , and Lotus Cobra . One way to close out games with an army of Snakes is by dropping Craterhoof Behemoth (even more fun if Finale of Devastation is what grabbed Craterhoof). You could also get a big Snake boost with Shared Animosity to kill of the table. A slower but still effective way of whittling down the table, is pairing your Snake ETBs (can be doubled with Parallel Lives ) with Purphoros, God of the Forge , Impact Tremors , or Goblin Bombardment .

Control:

You're giving everyone card draw, you're making Snakes, everything's going great, right? Not exactly, the most dangerous part of playing Group Hug is becoming a King Maker. You don't want to hand your opponents the win, so you need to play some control. Cards like Blasphemous Act , Chaos Warp , Beast Within , Cyclonic Rift , Arcane Denial , Pongify , and Nature's Claim help control the flow of the game.

Lastly, one card I have to highlight is Kindred Discovery , with Xyris out you get to draw a card every time you make a Snake.

Top Ranked	Achieved #14 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #11 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Hug 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
Folders	xyris decks, EDH, Inspirational Xyris decks, Interesting, Commander