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Cobrai Kai (Xyris, the Writhing Storm)
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Est deck cost: $262.14
Salt sum: 34.92
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Commander

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Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token. Whenever Xyris deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.

Creature
Xyris, the Writhing Storm (dmc) 175

Commander

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Evasion

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Combine Chrysalis

Creature tokens you control have flying. {2}{G}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a token: Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Combine Chrysalis (moc) 319
Wonder

Flying As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Creature
Wonder (mh2) 271

Evasion

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Pump

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Antagonize

Target creature gets +4/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Antagonize (snc) 100
Brute Force

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Brute Force (tsr) 157
Giant Growth

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Giant Growth (j25) 662
Might of Murasa

Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.

Instant
Might of Murasa (znr) 194
Might of the Nephilim

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each of its colors.

Instant
Might of the Nephilim (dis) 88
Predator's Strike

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Instant
Predator's Strike (j25) 699
Staggering Size

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Staggering Size (lci) 214
Titan's Strength

Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Instant
Titan's Strength (j25) 603
Titanic Growth

Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Titanic Growth (woe) 191

Pump

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Untap

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Unstoppable Plan

At the beginning of your end step, untap all nonland permanents you control.

Enchantment
Unstoppable Plan (dft) 72

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Anthem

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Roar of Resistance

Creature tokens you control have haste. Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may pay {1}{R}. If you do, creatures attacking your opponents and/or planeswalkers they control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Roar of Resistance (onc) 15

Anthem

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Finisher

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Biomass Mutation

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Instant
Biomass Mutation (dsc) 214
Burn at the Stake

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap any number of untapped creatures you control. Burn at the Stake deals damage to any target equal to three times the number of creatures tapped this way.

Sorcery
Burn at the Stake (avr) 130
Get a Leg Up

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control and gains reach.

Instant
Get a Leg Up (mkm) 161
Goblin Bombardment

Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Goblin Bombardment (mh2) 279
Might of the Masses

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control.

Instant
Might of the Masses (j25) 689
Shared Animosity

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it.

Enchantment
Shared Animosity (lcc) 231

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (woc) 147
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (otc) 196
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (j25) 704
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (fdc) 2
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (otc) 209
Tower Winder

Reach, deathtouch When this creature enters, search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Command Tower, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Creature
Tower Winder (otc) 34

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Burn

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Agate Instigator

Offspring {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Agate Instigator (blc) 21
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (moc) 285
Molten Gatekeeper

Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Unearth {R} ({R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Molten Gatekeeper (mh3) 128
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (brr) 44
Razorkin Needlehead

This creature has first strike during your turn. Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to them.

Creature
Razorkin Needlehead (dsk) 153
Witty Roastmaster

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Witty Roastmaster (snc) 131

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Land

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Bountiful Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Island, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{U}{R} ({G}{U}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Bountiful Landscape (mh3) 217
Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (blc) 299
Command Beacon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land
Command Beacon (otc) 279
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
Copperline Gorge

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Copperline Gorge (blc) 301
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (lcc) 328
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (fdn) 280
Frontier Bivouac

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.

Land
Frontier Bivouac (drc) 157
Gruul Turf

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Gruul Turf (blc) 310
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (fdn) 274
Kessig Wolf Run

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Kessig Wolf Run (mkc) 269
Lumbering Falls

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. {2}{G}{U}: This land becomes a 3/3 green and blue Elemental creature with hexproof until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Lumbering Falls (afc) 247
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (lci) 399
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (pclb) 358s
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (otc) 312
Rimewood Falls

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Rimewood Falls (khm) 266
Sheltered Thicket

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltered Thicket (drc) 169
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (dmu) 255
Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Stomping Ground (rvr) 413
Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (lcc) 354

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (woc) 84
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (lcc) 216
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (dsc) 162
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
Hull Breach

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Destroy target artifact and target enchantment.

Sorcery
Hull Breach (40k) 224
Junk Winder

Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.) Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Junk Winder (blc) 169
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (woc) 104
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 267

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Draw

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Dragon Mage

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Creature
Dragon Mage (j22) 77
Forced Fruition

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player draws seven cards.

Enchantment
Forced Fruition (wot) 18
Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact
Howling Mine (plst) M10-212
Kindred Discovery

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.

Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (lcc) 159
Magus of the Wheel

{1}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Creature
Magus of the Wheel (cmm) 241
Molten Psyche

Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, Molten Psyche deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of cards that player has drawn this turn.

Sorcery
Molten Psyche (plst) SOM-98
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (lcc) 180
Winds of Change

Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards.

Sorcery
Winds of Change (5ed) 275

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Protection

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Fog

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Fog (plst) EMA-167
Overprotect

Target creature you control gets +3/+3 and gains trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Overprotect (blb) 185
Simic Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. • Permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Simic Charm (cmr) 451
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258
Vines of Vastwood

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Target creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control this turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Vines of Vastwood (plst) ZEN-193

Protection

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Tutor

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Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 60
Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Solve the Equation (stx) 54

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Maybeboard

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Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.

Creature
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters (mkc) 198
Alpha Status

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares a creature type with it.

Enchantment
Alpha Status (scg) 110
Circle of Dreams Druid

{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.

Creature
Circle of Dreams Druid (afr) 176
Colossal Growth

Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead that creature gets +4/+4 and gains trample and haste until end of turn.

Instant
Colossal Growth (dmu) 158
Colossal Might

Target creature gets +4/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Colossal Might (cmd) 190
Craterhoof Behemoth

Haste When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Creature
Craterhoof Behemoth (cmm) 280
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (rvr) 40
Decimate

Destroy target artifact, target creature, target enchantment, and target land. (You can't cast this spell unless you have legal choices for all its targets.)

Sorcery
Decimate (blc) 251
Devilish Valet

Trample, haste Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, double this creature's power until end of turn.

Creature
Devilish Valet (blc) 195
Dictate of Kruphix

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Enchantment
Dictate of Kruphix (c18) 86
Dragonshift

Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue and red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4, loses all abilities, and gains flying. Overload {3}{U}{U}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Dragonshift (dgm) 66
Essence Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Essence Warden (ltc) 242
Fevered Visions

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player draws a card. If the player is your opponent and has four or more cards in hand, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Fevered Visions (soi) 244
Font of Mythos

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws two additional cards.

Artifact
Font of Mythos (plst) CON-136
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (mkc) 156
Kami of the Crescent Moon

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Creature
Kami of the Crescent Moon (voc) 107
Panharmonicon

If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Artifact
Panharmonicon (drc) 135
Purphoros, God of the Forge

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent. {2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Purphoros, God of the Forge (cmm) 246
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Rites of Flourishing

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns.

Enchantment
Rites of Flourishing (blc) 122
Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 132
Stoneforge Masterwork

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it. Equip {2}

Artifact
Stoneforge Masterwork (ogw) 166
Teferi's Puzzle Box

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.

Artifact
Teferi's Puzzle Box (j22) 801
Throne of the God-Pharaoh

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the number of tapped creatures you control.

Artifact
Throne of the God-Pharaoh (akh) 237

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Deck Info

Deck stats

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0 mana - 7 cards
22 pips - 17 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
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26 pips - 21 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
25 pips - 24 cards
24 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 6 cards
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