Commander

Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

2324 Wins

4290 Losses

Overview

Summary

Xyris, the Writhing Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,631 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (2324–4290) at an Elo of 1,616, ranking #420 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 54941 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 10 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Xyris, the Writhing Storm's win rate?

Xyris, the Writhing Storm has a 35% win rate across 6631 recorded Playgroup games (2324 wins, 4290 losses).

How long do winning games with Xyris, the Writhing Storm take?

Wins with Xyris, the Writhing Storm take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 2 months.

How many decks use Xyris, the Writhing Storm?

1,847 decks list Xyris, the Writhing Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,043 have played at least one recorded game.

Xyris, the Writhing Storm Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

420

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1616

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 54941

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 90

Average kills per game 0.89

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1847

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1043

No. games played with this commander 6631

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1672	Saffie	47	17	37 %
2	1668	WarWombat	8	6	75 %
3	1663	500squirrels	26	15	60 %
4	1644	KeetZ	33	16	48 %
5	1641	Elodin86	6	5	83 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, 45.26% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

45.26%

Non Combat Damage

33.62%

Commander Damage

9.89%

Combo

5.06%

Alternative

3.9%

Poison

1.22%

Mill

1.05%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 2357 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Xyris, the Writhing Storm decks that leave them out.

+8.3 pp

Top card: Rockfall Vale

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Rockfall Vale 190 games	+8.3 pp	190
2	Monstrous Rage Signature build 44 games · Signature build	+6.8 pp	44
3	Talisman of Curiosity 95 games	+5.6 pp	95
4	Geier Reach Sanitarium 239 games	+5.0 pp	239
5	Stormcarved Coast 158 games	+4.4 pp	158
6	Vandalblast 99 games	+3.3 pp	99
7	Ominous Seas 54 games	+3.0 pp	54
8	Talisman of Creativity 102 games	+2.7 pp	102
9	Three Visits 391 games	+2.6 pp	391
10	Overprotect 200 games	+2.3 pp	200

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Teferi's Ageless Insight 69 games	+2.3 pp	69
12	Stoneforge Masterwork 85 games	+1.9 pp	85
13	Eldrazi Monument 93 games	+1.4 pp	93
14	Beastmaster Ascension 424 games	+1.4 pp	424
15	Dreamroot Cascade 217 games	+0.9 pp	217

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 42.11% of games from position 1 and 25.19% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.11% n=1837

Seat 2

34.12% n=1811

Seat 3

32.77% n=1674

Seat 4

28.07% n=1044

Seat 5

25.19% n=135

Seat 6

32.0% n=25

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 34.65% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.65% n=3062

1 mulligan

34.62% n=1203

2 mulligans

34.15% n=448

3 mulligans

26.57% n=143

4 mulligans

37.5% n=32

5 mulligans

8.33% n=12

6 mulligans

33.33% n=3

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Xyris, the Writhing Storm 3.77/5 on average, across 4623 self-reports.

3.77 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.8% of the time across 2370 tracked wins.

68.8 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Xyris, the Writhing Storm. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.