---
name: "Xyris, the Writhing Storm"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{U}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Snake Leviathan"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G", "R", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "DMC"
set_name: "Dominaria United Commander"
collector_number: "175"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Filip Burburan"
oracle_id: "8687948c-456b-495b-9b31-f818c65624b6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/xyris-the-writhing-storm-dmc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{U}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Snake Leviathan
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scrawling Crawler](/printing/scrawling-crawler-fdn.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
2. [Xira Arien](/printing/xira-arien-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Wizard
3. [Consecrated Sphinx](/printing/consecrated-sphinx-2x2.md) — Creature — Sphinx
4. [Lorescale Coatl](/printing/lorescale-coatl-m21.md) — Creature — Snake
5. [Spellbound Dragon](/printing/spellbound-dragon-c17.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [Sliv-Mizzet, Hivemind](/printing/sliv-mizzet-hivemind-cmb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Dragon Sliver

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #175
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Filip Burburan
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-04-17)* If a spell or ability causes an opponent to put cards into their hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn.
- *(2020-04-17)* If the amount of damage Xyris deals is greater than the number of cards in your library and the number of cards in that player's library, you both lose the game at the same time. It doesn't matter if one of you had more cards in library than the other. If there are no other players left in the game, the game is a draw.
- *(2020-04-17)* If the amount of damage Xyris deals is greater than the number of cards in your library but causes the defending player's life total to become 0 or less, that player loses the game before Xyris's ability causes you to draw cards. If there are no other players left in the game, you win the game.