Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Global Commander Stats

1993 Wins

3747 Losses

Summary

Xyris, the Writhing Storm is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 5,740 recorded Playgroup games, winning 34% of them (1993–3747) at an Elo of 1,620, ranking #355 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 487 damage dealt and 0.9 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 May 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 5740 recorded Playgroup games (1993 wins, 3747 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? ▾

1,604 decks list Xyris, the Writhing Storm as their commander on Playgroup, of which 905 have played at least one recorded game.

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

Global Rank

355

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1620

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 487

Average commander damage per game 6

Average poison counters given per game 85

Average kills per game 0.9

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1604

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 905

No. games played with this commander 5740

Total hours played about 2 months

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1681	500squirrels	19	12	67 %
2	1668	WarWombat	8	6	75 %
3	1649	KeetZ	28	14	50 %
4	1648	Saffie	45	16	36 %
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

33.56%

Commander Damage

10.6%

Combo

4.89%

Alternative

3.87%

Poison

1.02%

Mill

0.95%

Avg win turn 7.8 based on 2022 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 41.64% of games from position 1 and 24.14% from position 5 across tracked games.

Seat 1

41.64% n=1585

Seat 2

33.59% n=1560

Seat 3

32.8% n=1448

Seat 4

28.0% n=907

Seat 5

24.14% n=116

Seat 6

34.78% n=23

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins 34.38% after 0 mulligans and 33.33% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.38% n=2775

1 mulligan

34.92% n=1028

2 mulligans

34.3% n=379

3 mulligans

24.41% n=127

4 mulligans

28.57% n=21

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 3.76/5 on average, across 4062 self-reports.

3.76 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Xyris, the Writhing Storm wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 2026 tracked wins.

69.0 \%

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.