Xyris - New Wheel, New Deal

Commander / EDH Mill RUG (Temur) Tokens Wheels

Dubyubee

Land (38)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 5x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (21)

• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Sylvan Tutor
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Time of Need
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Instant (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Wheel and Deal
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (11)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box

Creature (10)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior
• 1x Witty Roastmaster

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Fireball
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Khorvath's Fury
• 1x Wheel of Fate

Creature (3)

• 1x Barbed Shocker
• 1x Magus of the Jar
• 1x Shocker

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Warstorm Surge

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Xyris, the Writhing Storm. This commander was advised to me on reddit, after I had explained my dismay at not finding a commander that suits me. I had built many commander decks, picking out those things that I enjoy most and disregarding those that I found myself to dislike.

When Xyris was first suggested, I looked at the CMC and scoffed. In my meta, at my table, that just won't be fast enough. Then I started reading, watching videos on how to build Xyris and curiosity took hold. I went ahead and built him, using the cards I had. When I played, it felt amazing. Wheeling into tokens which then went ahead and bashed my opponents, milling them whenever they draw beyond their first card in a turn, saccing my tokens for mana all while sticking to a simple table rule: no infinite options in your own deck. This suits me just fine, as going infinite, to me, is a bit boring.

This deck is easy, both in understanding the goals as well as piloting. All you need to do is get your hands on wheels, a protection spell or two, grab Xyris and start wheeling. You'll build up your boardstate, soon find your Purphoros or other damage dealer, start pinging the table and efficiently win. It's not without its flaws, obviously, and certainly not a guaranteed win. But damned if you don't have an excellent chance to groupslug the table into submission.

I'm sure the deck can still be improved upon and this deck will probably remain as one of my constants, being improved where it can be, switched where it needs to be, but mostly, kept in a position where I can enjoy playing it. This is paramount and the main goal of this deck.

Enjoy yourself, the win will come.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	11 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.69
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Snake 1/1 G