Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Global Commander Stats

All Temur commanders

2103 Wins

3908 Losses

Summary

Xyris, the Writhing Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,011 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (2103–3908) at an Elo of 1,596, ranking #526 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 464 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

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

Xyris, the Writhing Storm has a 34% win rate across 6011 recorded Playgroup games (2103 wins, 3908 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: about 2 months.

How many decks use Xyris, the Writhing Storm?

1,663 decks list Xyris, the Writhing Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 949 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global Rank

526

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1596

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 464

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 1663

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 949

No. games played with this commander 6011

Total hours played about 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, 45.07% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

45.07%

Non Combat Damage

33.74%

Commander Damage

10.3%

Combo

4.89%

Alternative

3.86%

Poison

1.09%

Mill

1.03%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 2138 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 41.92% of games from position 1 and 25.62% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.92% n=1665

Seat 2

33.72% n=1634

Seat 3

33.16% n=1523

Seat 4

28.03% n=956

Seat 5

25.62% n=121

Seat 6

33.33% n=24

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 34.61% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.61% n=2866

1 mulligan

35.25% n=1081

2 mulligans

34.16% n=401

3 mulligans

24.06% n=133

4 mulligans

39.29% n=28

5 mulligans

11.11% n=9

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 3.75/5 on average, across 4238 self-reports.

3.75 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.5% of the time across 2141 tracked wins.

68.5 \%

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.