Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Xyris, the Writhing Storm: Legendary Creature - Snake Leviathan, Dominaria United Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}{U}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Snake Leviathan
- Colour identity
- Blue, red and green (URG)
- Power / toughness
- 3/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Collector number
- 175
- Artist
- Filip Burburan
- Keywords
- Flying
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Xyris, the Writhing Storm is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue, red and green legendary creature from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 175 in that set, with art by Filip Burburan. It costs {2}{G}{U}{R} (two generic, one blue, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/5 creature. Its colour identity is blue, red and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Commander 2020 (2020) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card 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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.33 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Xyris, the Writhing Storm by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Xyris, the Writhing Storm has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DMC-175 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Year of the Snake 2025 (PL25) #1 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Commander 2020 (C20) #18 | Mythic | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Xyris, the Writhing Storm, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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