Xyris, One Wheely Boi (Semi-Competitive)

Commander / EDH Multiplayer RUG (Temur) Snake Tokens Wheels

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 2x Forest
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Lavaglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Tidechannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Timbercrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Instant (16)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Delay
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Simic Charm
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Fecundity
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Steely Resolve
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Underworld BreachGC

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Creature (10)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder

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Early turns generally involve ramping out with cheap ramp spells like Farseek and Arcane Signet.

Following this, a boardwipe like Chain Reaction or Blasphemous Act can be played to disrupt your opponents' creature-heavy starts, or you can start playing key protection pieces like Kira, Great Glass-Spinner or Steely Resolve. You'll notice there are quite a few protection pieces for Xyris in this deck because he is essential to winning the game, and if your opponents kill him you're pretty much screwed. This deck will not function without Xyris, so protecting him is paramount.

Once Xyris is out, wheel effects like Reforge the Soul and Time Spiral are used to generate a massive boardstate which only gets better the more opponents you have. At this point, you can play out deadly finishers like Beastmaster Ascension or Shared Animosity which will very often kill at least a couple other players. Other options you can take mid to late game involve Phyrexian Altar, in which you sacrifice your snakes for mana to cast more wheels which creates more snakes... etc, etc. Xenagos, the Reveler and Battle Hymn are also great at generating insane amounts of mana. Once you've been able to get a bunch of mana and can continue to wheel, it's very difficult for your opponents to interact.

Overall, Xyris is a very solid wheel commander that I have had a bunch of fun playing. He's great for politics in early game, in which you can let some opponents draw more cards off his attacking ability to gain a favor. I enjoy playing Xyris because he's similar to Nekusar, the Mindrazer, but you've got to jump through a few more hoops to actually win through damage whereas Nekusar has it stapled to himself.

Lastly, I'm not running cards like Hullbreacher or Narset, Parter of Veils because they defeat the purpose of what I'm trying to do overall, which is create the snake tokens for value. I also just feel cards like those aren't very fun in more casual environments, and will often paint a target on your back after a couple games as opposed to sneaking under the radar.

Suggestions are welcome. Thanks for checking out my deck.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Satyr 2/2 GR, Snake 1/1 G, Treasure
Folders	Created