In Soviet Russia, Snake Hug You!

Commander / EDH Goodstuff Group Hug Infinite Combo RUG (Temur) Tokens Value Engine Wheels

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Land! (37)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 5x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Grove
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Value! (11)

• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x League Guildmage
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Fury Storm
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Double Vision
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed

Draw! (15)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Folio of Fancies
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Abundance
• 1x Channeled Force
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Forced Fruition

Win! (13)

• 1x Might of the Masses
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Gruul Charm
• 1x Strength in Numbers
• 1x Teleportal
• 1x Triskaidekaphile
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Overcome
• 1x Overrun
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Cultural Exchange
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Commander (1)

Ramp! (13)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Nature's Will
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Nissa's Expedition
• 1x Sakiko, Mother of Summer
• 1x Old Gnawbone

Politik! (10)

• 1x Fog
• 1x Weird Harvest
• 1x Agitator Ant
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Eon Frolicker
• 1x Frontier Warmonger
• 1x Hunted Wumpus
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Time Stop

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In Soviet Russia, Snake Hug You!

As is true in many pods, the power level of decks has increased slowly-but-surely over time. Many consistent draw engines, especially on the Commander, mean my fellow players have many resources and options to choose from.

Xyris seems like an odd choice at first, but actually makes a ton of sense when you play against decks that draw a lot. The key here is to get more value out of the opponents' cards than they do. A card they draw but do not play before the end of the game does not add much value outside of utility and discard fodder, so we want them to draw AS MANY CARDS AS POSSIBLE once Xyris is on the field, trusting WE will get greater value out of all their drawing power than they will.

There's a couple infinite combos hidden in the deck, like either Niv-Mizzet and Snake Umbra.

Favorite kill so far: Discarded 40 cards from my hand into Channeled Force to make my opponent draw 40 cards, then made them mill the rest of their deck with Folio of Fancies.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.27
Tokens	Snake 1/1 G, Treasure
Folders	want to try, Decks To Try