Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Global Commander Stats

All Temur commanders

2154 Wins

3998 Losses

Summary

Xyris, the Writhing Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,152 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (2154–3998) at an Elo of 1,640, ranking #252 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 453 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 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 6152 recorded Playgroup games (2154 wins, 3998 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?

1,700 decks list Xyris, the Writhing Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 982 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

252

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1640

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 453

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 80

Average kills per game 0.9

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1700

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 982

No. games played with this commander 6152

Total hours played 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1692	KeetZ	30	16	53 %
2	1681	500squirrels	19	12	67 %
3	1672	Saffie	46	17	37 %
4	1668	WarWombat	8	6	75 %
5	1639	Elodin86	6	5	83 %

How does this commander win?

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, 45.11% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

45.11%

Non Combat Damage

33.88%

Commander Damage

10.16%

Combo

4.96%

Alternative

3.83%

Poison

1.07%

Mill

1.0%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 2195 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 42.17% of games from position 1 and 25.81% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

42.17% n=1712

Seat 2

33.75% n=1668

Seat 3

33.23% n=1559

Seat 4

27.96% n=980

Seat 5

25.81% n=124

Seat 6

33.33% n=24

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 34.68% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.68% n=2912

1 mulligan

34.95% n=1110

2 mulligans

34.94% n=415

3 mulligans

24.44% n=135

4 mulligans

40.0% n=30

5 mulligans

10.0% n=10

6 mulligans

33.33% n=3

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Xyris, the Writhing Storm 3.76/5 on average, across 4326 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.3% of the time across 2198 tracked wins.

68.3 \%

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.