Card
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Mana cost {2}{G}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Snake Leviathan 3/5
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.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 26 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · C20 · #18
- Cheapest printing
- €0.82
- EDHREC salt
- 0.50
- Color identity
- Green, Red, Blue
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
26 known combos.
- Xyris, the Writhing Storm + Intruder Alarm + Lore Broker
Produces: Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players, Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
View on Commander Spellbook - Red Death, Shipwrecker + Xyris, the Writhing Storm + Intruder Alarm
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite card draw for any number of opponents, Infinite creature tokens
View on Commander Spellbook - Xyris, the Writhing Storm + Intruder Alarm + Cephalid Looter
Produces: Infinite draw triggers for each opponent, Infinite looting for opponents, Infinite self-discard triggers for opponents
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast
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 · Wizards of the Coast
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 · Wizards of the Coast
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: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast