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Xyris, Snakes on Steroids
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $279.07
Salt Sum: 33.66
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $1.29
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, the Writhing Storm deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.

Creature
Xyris, the Writhing Storm (c20) 18
1

Land

Quantity: 36Price: $50.84
Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Cinder Glade enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (c20) 263
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (c20) 264
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (c20) 273
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (iko) 274
8
Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (dom) 240
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (iko) 265
6
Izzet Boilerworks

Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped. When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (c20) 283
1
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 (c20) 284
1
Mossfire Valley

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Mossfire Valley (c20) 290
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (iko) 269
8
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (c20) 292
1
Scavenger Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land
Scavenger Grounds (c20) 306
1
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As Steam Vents enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (grn) 257
1
Stomping Ground

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

Land
Stomping Ground (rna) 259
1
Temple of Epiphany

Temple of Epiphany enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Epiphany enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (m20) 253
1
Waterlogged Grove

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G} or {U}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Waterlogged Grove: Draw a card.

Land
Waterlogged Grove (mh1) 249
1
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. Yavimaya Coast deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (c20) 322
1

Snake Canon

Quantity: 8Price: $33.18
Beastmaster Ascension

Whenever a creature you control attacks, you may put a quest counter on Beastmaster Ascension. As long as Beastmaster Ascension has seven or more quest counters on it, creatures you control get +5/+5.

Enchantment
Beastmaster Ascension (ncc) 283
1
Comet Storm

Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.

Instant
Comet Storm (c20) 148
1
Firestorm

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets.

Instant
Firestorm (wc98) br101sb
1
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, Impact Tremors deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (plst) DTK-140
1
Mirrorwing Dragon

Flying Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Mirrorwing Dragon, that player copies that spell for each other creature they control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

Creature
Mirrorwing Dragon (emn) 136
1
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 enters the battlefield under your control, 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 (plst) THS-135
1
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 (c20) 158
1
Zada, Hedron Grinder

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, Hedron Grinder, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

Creature
Zada, Hedron Grinder (a25) 156
1

Snake Safety

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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 (otc) 89
1
Blossoming Defense

Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains hexproof until end of turn.

Instant
Blossoming Defense (kld) 146
1
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (c20) 50
1
Gaea's Gift

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains reach, trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Gaea's Gift (bro) 182
1
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (aer) 109
1
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 (gtc) 195
1
Snakeskin Veil

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Snakeskin Veil (otj) 181
1
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (ha3) 9
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (c20) 254
1
Tyvar's Stand

Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (A creature with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tyvar's Stand (one) 190
1
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 (mm2) 168
1

Snake Steroids

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Bear Umbra

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control." Totem armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Bear Umbra (woc) 121
1
Become Immense

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Target creature gets +6/+6 until end of turn.

Instant
Become Immense (plst) KTK-130
1
Berserk

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Instant
Berserk (cn2) 175
1
Brute Strength

Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Brute Strength (gn2) 37
1
Choose Your Weapon

Choose one — • Two-Weapon Fighting — Double target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. • Archery — This spell deals 5 damage to target creature with flying.

Instant
Choose Your Weapon (afr) 175
1
Collision

Instant
Collision // Colossus (rna) 223
1
Colossal Might

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

Instant
Colossal Might (cmd) 190
1
Fists of Flame

Draw a card. Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +1/+0 for each card you've drawn this turn.

Instant
Fists of Flame (mh1) 123
1
Invigorate

If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have an opponent gain 3 life. Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Invigorate (plst) A25-173
1
Invigorated Rampage

Choose one — • Target creature gets +4/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. • Two target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

Instant
Invigorated Rampage (aer) 86
1
Might of the Masses

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

Instant
Might of the Masses (plst) ORI-188
1
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
1
Rancor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Rancor (plst) A25-186
1
Rubblehulk

Rubblehulk's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control. Bloodrush — {1}{R}{G}, Discard Rubblehulk: Target attacking creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of lands you control.

Creature
Rubblehulk (gk2) 95
1
Rush of Blood

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power.

Instant
Rush of Blood (avr) 154
1
Spectacular Showdown

Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Spectacular Showdown (mkc) 162
1
Temur Battle Rage

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. Ferocious — That creature also gains trample until end of turn if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Instant
Temur Battle Rage (plst) FRF-116
1
Unleash Fury

Double the power of target creature until end of turn.

Instant
Unleash Fury (m21) 170
1

Snakes Break

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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
1
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 (c20) 146
1
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (gk2) 109
1
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 (c19) 92
1

Snakes on Speed

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Arbor Elf

{T}: Untap target Forest.

Creature
Arbor Elf (plst) A25-160
1
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (c20) 237
1
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 (c20) 170
1
Far Wanderings

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Threshold — If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Far Wanderings (c18) 145
1
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (plst) C17-149
1
Fertile Ground

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.

Enchantment
Fertile Ground (woc) 126
1
Gruul Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Artifact
Gruul Signet (plst) C16-256
1
Nature's Lore

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

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (plst) DDD-17
1
Rampant Growth

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

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (plst) DDS-48
1
Rattleclaw Mystic

{T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}. Morph {2} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Rattleclaw Mystic is turned face up, add {G}{U}{R}.

Creature
Rattleclaw Mystic (ktk) 144
1
Search for Tomorrow

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Suspend 2—{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {G} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Search for Tomorrow (dmc) 137
1
Simic Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Artifact
Simic Signet (clu) 228
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (c20) 252
1
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (mkc) 245
1
Wild Growth

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Enchantment
Wild Growth (plst) C18-165
1

SnakesFindZada

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Chord of Calling

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Chord of Calling (2xm) 158
1
Finale of Devastation

Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. If X is 10 or more, creatures you control get +X/+X and gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Finale of Devastation (war) 160
1
Time of Need

Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Time of Need (chk) 247
1

Venomous Value

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Battle Hymn

Add {R} for each creature you control.

Instant
Battle Hymn (avr) 128
1
Cold-Eyed Selkie

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever Cold-Eyed Selkie deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.

Creature
Cold-Eyed Selkie (c20) 204
1
Expansion

Instant
Expansion // Explosion (grn) 224
1
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
1

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Description

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