You'll Wish You Had One With Nothing

Commander / EDH Group Slug RUG (Temur) Spellslinger Wheels

SirHipHopHippo

Lands (35)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Draw (9)

• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Fascination
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Skyscribing
• 1x Tales of the Ancestors

Removal (3)

• 1x Broken Bond
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Hull Breach

Wheels (2)

• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Windfall

Ramp (17)

• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Explore
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Far Wanderings
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc *f-pre*  ^Flip
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Rousing Refrain
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Sorcerer Class
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

You'll Wish You Had One With Nothing (12)

• 1x Balor
• 1x Black Vise
• 1x Cerebral Vortex
• 1x Ebony Owl Netsuke
• 1x Emberwilde Captain
• 1x Gaze of Adamaro
• 1x Khorvath's Fury
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Runeflare Trap
• 1x Storm Seeker
• 1x Sudden Impact
• 1x Viseling

No max handsize (1)

• 1x Folio of Fancies

Protection (1)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Spell Slinging (15)

• 1x Double Vision
• 1x Doublecast
• 1x Dual Strike
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Errant, Street Artist
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Howl of the Horde
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Mercurial Spelldancer
• 1x Najal, the Storm Runner
• 1x Repeated Reverberation
• 1x Surge to Victory
• 1x Teach by Example
• 1x Twinferno
• 1x Twinning Staff

Cost Reduction (4)

• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Wizards of Thay

---

Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Galvanic Iteration
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Storm King's Thunder
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Twincast

---

You'll Wish You Had One With Nothing: A Breakdown

Introduction

My very first serious commander deck that sadly I’ve taken apart was a Kami of the Crescent Moon deck. The deck was a Group Slug style deck that mostly won through copying the card Viseling with Rite of Replication, Mechanized Production, and many other copy spells. Eventually, I started looking into other fun cards that have similar effects to viseling, cards like Storm Seeker and Sudden Impact. When I first saw these cards, I knew I wanted to build a deck where these "Hand Burn" spells can be the stars.

My first attempt at a Hand Burn build was a Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis deck. It used big creatures like Multani, Maro-Sorcerer, Maro, and Adamaro, First to Desire. It also used all of the same Hand Burn spells you see in this current deck. And lastly the deck used cards that slowed every player down, cards like Rule of Law and Arcane Laboratory.

This first build attempt was horrible and slow and didn't feel right. For a long time it was missing something. I took all the cards from the build and set them aside. I waited until a new commander option came out. And that's when I saw this glorious gem Xyris, the Writhing Storm. When Xyris initially leaked I knew right away ... Xyris, the Writhing Storm will lead this deck.

Why so cheap?

As apart of my playgroups budget challenge, this deck cannot exceed $50 (average tcgplayer price). Please do not suggest any cards over $5.

This deck used to be a $600 deck, lately my playgroup has been getting more and more interested in budget builds, so here we are. If you want to see the expensive version i've linked that build here here.

In my opinion this budget version is more fun to play!

It's less of a "win more" deck. In the expensive version once I got phyrexian altar on board with Xyris out, it was basically gg.

The Snakes Are Merely A Mirage For My Actual Motive

First, the goal is to get Xyris, the Writhing Storm on the board, bonus points if you can equip Lightning Greaves.

Once Xyris is on board, the next step is to create snakes from combat and wheels with cards like Magus of the Wheel or Molten Psyche. If you cannot wheel right away for slower (yet still effective) results use cards like Fevered Visions and Kami of the Crescent Moon.

Once snakes are on board it is time to convert these snakes into mana with cards like Battle Hymn,Jaheira, Friend of the Forest and Xenagos, the Reveler or cast other ways to generate quick mana with cards like Inner Fire, Mana Geyser, Rousing Refrain, and Seething Song

After that fill opponents hands with cards like Prosperity, Skyscribing, Fascination, and Tales of the Ancestors. Once the hands are full cast and copy something like Sudden Impact to deal a boat load of damage.

Price Watch!

These are cards that I would like to run in this deck if they ever drop in price due to reprints or lack of popularity.

• Bonus Round
• Howling Mine
• Iron Maiden
• Reliquary Tower
• Storm King's Thunder
• Magnus the Red
• Sword of War and Peace
• Cryptolith Rite
• Lightning Greaves
• Reverberate
• Galvanic Iteration
• Twincast
• Mizzix's Mastery
• Epic Experiment
• Primal Amulet  
• Thousand-Year Storm

Cards I'm considering adding in

These are cards that I am currently noodling on and seriously considering adding to the deck.

• Fateful Showdown Could end up dealing serious damage.
• Spiraling Embers Could end up dealing serious damage.
• Leyline of Anticipation Need more ways to cast cards like Fascination, Prosperity, or Skyscribing at instant speed, prior turn end step.
• Thought Vessel deck needs more ways to have no max hand size
• Body of Knowledge deck needs more ways to have no max hand size
• Pyromancer's Goggles

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Slug 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RUG (Temur) 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Wheels 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.09
Tokens	Copy Clone, Foretell, Satyr 2/2 GR, Snake 1/1 G, Monarch Emblem
Folders	Commander decks, My Favorite Decks by Others, EDH, Inspirational Xyris decks, EDH Ideas, Other Libraries, Cool Stuff, decks, Budget CMDR Decks, ooo decks