Commander

Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Global commander stats

All Temur commanders

2263 Wins

4192 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Xyris, the Writhing Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,463 recorded Playgroup games, winning 35% of them (2263–4192) at an Elo of 1,490, ranking #3355 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 431 damage dealt and 0.89 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 21 Aug 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 6463 recorded Playgroup games (2263 wins, 4192 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?

1,815 decks list Xyris, the Writhing Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,018 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

3355

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1490

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 431

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 78

Average kills per game 0.89

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1815

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1018

No. games played with this commander 6463

Total hours played 2 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1672	Saffie	46	17	37 %
2	1668	WarWombat	8	6	75 %
3	1658	KeetZ	32	16	50 %
4	1641	Elodin86	6	5	83 %
5	1636	Theroxas	17	9	56 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, 45.37% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

45.37%

Non Combat Damage

33.59%

Commander Damage

9.92%

Combo

4.96%

Alternative

3.95%

Poison

1.14%

Mill

1.08%

Avg win turn 7.7 based on 2298 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.

+12.4 pp

Top card: Rockfall Vale

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Rockfall Vale 167 games	+12.4 pp	167
2	Talisman of Curiosity 88 games	+7.2 pp	88
3	Ominous Seas Signature build 47 games · Signature build	+6.2 pp	47
4	Stormcarved Coast 144 games	+5.4 pp	144
5	Talisman of Creativity 92 games	+5.3 pp	92
6	Geier Reach Sanitarium 233 games	+5.1 pp	233
7	Overprotect 185 games	+4.0 pp	185
8	Talisman of Impulse Signature build 74 games · Signature build	+2.0 pp	74
9	Eldrazi Monument 83 games	+2.0 pp	83
10	Goblin Bombardment 659 games	+1.8 pp	659

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Three Visits 373 games	+1.8 pp	373
12	Teferi's Ageless Insight Signature build 68 games · Signature build	+1.8 pp	68
13	Vandalblast 91 games	+1.5 pp	91
14	Dreamroot Cascade 198 games	+1.4 pp	198
15	Beastmaster Ascension 390 games	+1.3 pp	390

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 41.82% of games from position 1 and 25.78% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.82% n=1760

Seat 2

33.83% n=1729

Seat 3

32.98% n=1622

Seat 4

28.08% n=1015

Seat 5

25.78% n=128

Seat 6

32.0% n=25

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 34.69% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.69% n=3012

1 mulligan

34.57% n=1173

2 mulligans

34.17% n=436

3 mulligans

26.24% n=141

4 mulligans

38.71% n=31

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 3.76/5 on average, across 4522 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.6% of the time across 2306 tracked wins.

68.6 \%

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.