deck so beautiful azusa found it

Commander / EDH Counterspell Hexproof RUG (Temur) Tokens

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Land (41)

• 1x Arena of Glory
• 1x Bala Ged Sanctuary  ^Flip
• 1x Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Burnwillow Clearing  ^Flip
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Garden of Freyalise  ^Flip
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Hydroelectric Laboratory  ^Flip
• 1x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Soporific Springs  ^Flip
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Tanglespan Bridgeworks  ^Flip
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Three Tree City
• 1x Turntimber, Serpentine Wood  ^Flip
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Creature (20)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Enduring Vitality
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Lore Broker
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Scrawling Crawler
• 1x Seshiro the Anointed
• 1x Skyshroud Ranger
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Alexi's Cloak
• 1x Amphibian Downpour
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Druids' Repository
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Struggle for Project Purity

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Nostalgic Dreams
• 1x Season of Weaving

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Commander (1)

Instant (15)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Flare of Denial
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mystic Reflection
• 1x Negate
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Zimone's Hypothesis

Artifact (8)

• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Sideboard

Land (11)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Commercial District
• 1x Hedge Maze
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Thundering Falls
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (5)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain

Artifact (2)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Phyrexian Altar

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Maybeboard

Land (6)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Volcanic Island

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mox Diamond

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Earthcraft

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I have been refining this Xyris deck for years, and this is the version I have ended up with. The deck focuses on extreme consistency and resilience, while still maintaining a fast gameplan with plenty of interaction. The main source of ramp is playing extra lands which is fueled by a high land count and the symmetrical card draw that comes with the many howling mine effects. Once way ahead of the rest of the board, the deck wins with a board of snakes, a pump spell, and often a crytolith rite effect. I beg you to playtest it a few times to really realize how rarely a hand is unplayable. Unlike most Xyris decks, I don't run any wheels, since they make Xyris a huge target, since if he sticks around for one turn and I cast a wheel I more or less will win the game. Also, in my opinion, wheels are somewhat boring to play with as they disincentivize long term planning. I enjoy using engines such as howling mine much more as they create value before Xyris is in play, and stick around even if he doesn't. The side board are cards that I am not willing to spring for currently/want to trade for, and the maybeboard is cards I would include in my dreams.

Date added	5 months
Last updated	1 week
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 3 Mythic Rares 56 - 15 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.78
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Foretell, Radiation, Satyr 2/2 GR, Snake 1/1 G, Treasure