Xyris, the Writhing Storm (Commander) - Budget Core

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Nov 13, 2025
How To Play Sea Creatures Differently In Commander
Sea creatures in Magic are basically as old as the game itself, but they've changed significantly in that time.
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Giant Growth
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84%synergy
Shore Up
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84%synergy
Temur Battle Rage
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84%synergy
Become Immense
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82%synergy
Invigorate
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81%synergy
Snakeskin Veil
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80%synergy
Brute Force
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79%synergy
Titanic Growth
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78%synergy
Season of Growth
77%inclusion219 decks284 decks
75%synergy
Titan's Strength
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75%synergy
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Growth Spiral
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51%synergy
Groundswell
76%inclusion217 decks284 decks
75%synergy
Cultivate
76%inclusion215 decks284 decks
32%synergy
Blossoming Defense
75%inclusion214 decks284 decks
73%synergy
Colossal Growth
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74%synergy
Gaea's Gift
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70%synergy
Decisive Denial
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70%synergy
Collision // Colossus
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72%synergy
Temur Charm
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68%synergy
Trygon Predator
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70%synergy
Creatures
Cold-Eyed Selkie
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68%synergy
Coiling Oracle
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65%synergy
Stormchaser Drake
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64%synergy
Geode Golem
62%inclusion175 decks284 decks
61%synergy
Sunder Shaman
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61%synergy
Surrakar Spellblade
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61%synergy
Bladegriff Prototype
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59%synergy
Deeproot Wayfinder
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58%synergy
Oakhame Adversary
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58%synergy
Mischievous Catgeist
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58%synergy
Mercurial Spelldancer
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58%synergy
Djinn Illuminatus
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57%synergy
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
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56%synergy
Ohran Viper
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52%synergy
Vedalken Heretic
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52%synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
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14%synergy
Molten Gatekeeper
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9%synergy
Llanowar Elves
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-3%synergy
Junk Winder
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8%synergy
Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
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9%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
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7%synergy
Goblin Anarchomancer
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-3%synergy
Witty Roastmaster
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5%synergy
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
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6%synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
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-5%synergy
Lorescale Coatl
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6%synergy
Horizon Chimera
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6%synergy
Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
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6%synergy
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
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6%synergy
Humble Defector
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5%synergy
Chasm Skulker
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4%synergy
Elvish Mystic
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-6%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
5.3%inclusion15 decks284 decks
2%synergy
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Ram Through
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67%synergy
Blazing Crescendo
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66%synergy
Fully Grown
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66%synergy
Simic Charm
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62%synergy
Bite Down
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64%synergy
Soul's Fire
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62%synergy
Eureka Moment
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60%synergy
Harrow
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52%synergy
Hunter's Insight
63%inclusion179 decks284 decks
60%synergy
Joint Exploration
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60%synergy
Cosmic Hunger
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62%synergy
Master's Rebuke
62%inclusion177 decks284 decks
62%synergy
Inscription of Abundance
62%inclusion176 decks284 decks
59%synergy
Vines of Vastwood
60%inclusion170 decks284 decks
58%synergy
Roiling Regrowth
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56%synergy
Tyvar's Stand
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51%synergy
Khalni Ambush
54%inclusion153 decks284 decks
52%synergy
Mutagenic Growth
49%inclusion140 decks284 decks
48%synergy
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
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43%synergy
Might of the Masses
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24%synergy
Overprotect
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20%synergy
Get a Leg Up
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21%synergy
Negate
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4%synergy
Ranger's Guile
18%inclusion51 decks284 decks
17%synergy
Infuriate
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16%synergy
Siege Smash
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15%synergy
Bulk Up
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15%synergy
Royal Treatment
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15%synergy
Dreadmaw's Ire
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14%synergy
Biosynthic Burst
13%inclusion5 decks40 decks
12%synergy
Magic Damper
12%inclusion7 decks59 decks
11%synergy
Long River's Pull
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10%synergy
Boon of Boseiju
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11%synergy
Biomass Mutation
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10%synergy
Fanatical Strength
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10%synergy
Twinferno
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6%synergy
Horrid Vigor
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9%synergy
Colossal Might
10%inclusion27 decks284 decks
9%synergy
Return to Nature
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4%synergy
Antagonize
8.8%inclusion25 decks284 decks
9%synergy
Might of Old Krosa
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8%synergy
Go Forth
8.3%inclusion14 decks169 decks
7%synergy
Haste Magic
8.2%inclusion5 decks61 decks
8%synergy
Might of the Nephilim
8.1%inclusion23 decks284 decks
8%synergy
Staggering Size
7.7%inclusion22 decks284 decks
7%synergy
Dream Fracture
7.4%inclusion21 decks284 decks
6%synergy
For the Family
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7%synergy
Run Amok
7.0%inclusion20 decks284 decks
7%synergy
Tifa's Limit Break
6.8%inclusion4 decks59 decks
6%synergy
Built to Smash
6.7%inclusion19 decks284 decks
7%synergy
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Armed // Dangerous
69%inclusion196 decks284 decks
68%synergy
Roar of Challenge
62%inclusion175 decks284 decks
61%synergy
Thrash // Threat
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58%synergy
Kodama's Reach
56%inclusion158 decks284 decks
23%synergy
Rampant Growth
25%inclusion71 decks284 decks
-10%synergy
Explore
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2%synergy
Farseek
10%inclusion27 decks284 decks
-38%synergy
Search for Tomorrow
9.2%inclusion26 decks284 decks
5%synergy
Overrun
8.8%inclusion25 decks284 decks
8%synergy
Scale Up
8.1%inclusion23 decks284 decks
8%synergy
Wear Down
7.6%inclusion17 decks224 decks
6%synergy
Reckless Charge
7.4%inclusion21 decks284 decks
7%synergy
Wild Ride
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5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Beamtown Beatstick
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60%synergy
Goldvein Pick
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58%synergy
Combine Chrysalis
10%inclusion27 decks284 decks
7%synergy
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Sticky Fingers
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64%synergy
Combat Research
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64%synergy
Snake Umbra
63%inclusion178 decks284 decks
61%synergy
Wild Growth
8.8%inclusion25 decks284 decks
-1%synergy
Shared Animosity
8.8%inclusion25 decks284 decks
6%synergy
Impact Tremors
7.4%inclusion21 decks284 decks
0%synergy
Leyline of Resonance
5.1%inclusion10 decks197 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Kessig Wolf Run
65%inclusion184 decks284 decks
51%synergy
Reliquary Tower
11%inclusion32 decks284 decks
-19%synergy
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion31 decks284 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
24%inclusion69 decks284 decks
-49%synergy
Sol Ring
18%inclusion52 decks284 decks
-64%synergy
Simic Signet
14%inclusion39 decks284 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
12%inclusion35 decks284 decks
4%synergy
Izzet Signet
10%inclusion29 decks284 decks
-1%synergy
Gruul Signet
8.1%inclusion23 decks284 decks
-2%synergy
Talisman of Curiosity
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
-10%synergy
Thought Vessel
5.3%inclusion15 decks284 decks
-5%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion284 decks284 decks
6%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion283 decks284 decks
8%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion283 decks284 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
86%inclusion243 decks284 decks
-6%synergy
Frontier Bivouac
81%inclusion230 decks284 decks
29%synergy
Evolving Wilds
74%inclusion210 decks284 decks
46%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
70%inclusion200 decks284 decks
53%synergy
Temple of Mystery
69%inclusion195 decks284 decks
48%synergy
Temple of Abandon
68%inclusion194 decks284 decks
49%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
68%inclusion192 decks284 decks
50%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
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51%synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
65%inclusion186 decks284 decks
48%synergy
Gruul Turf
65%inclusion185 decks284 decks
50%synergy
Simic Guildgate
57%inclusion163 decks284 decks
54%synergy
Khalni Ambush
54%inclusion153 decks284 decks
52%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
54%inclusion153 decks284 decks
51%synergy
Gruul Guildgate
53%inclusion150 decks284 decks
50%synergy
Bountiful Landscape
21%inclusion51 decks238 decks
-1%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion59 decks284 decks
-35%synergy
Thornwood Falls
18%inclusion50 decks284 decks
10%synergy
Rugged Highlands
16%inclusion46 decks284 decks
9%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
15%inclusion43 decks284 decks
10%synergy
Cinder Glade
13%inclusion37 decks284 decks
-28%synergy
Path of Ancestry
12%inclusion35 decks284 decks
-16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion30 decks284 decks
-1%synergy
Yavimaya Coast
8.5%inclusion24 decks284 decks
-25%synergy
Tangled Islet
7.7%inclusion22 decks284 decks
3%synergy
Game Trail
7.7%inclusion22 decks284 decks
-5%synergy
Thriving Isle
7.0%inclusion20 decks284 decks
5%synergy
Sulfur Falls
7.0%inclusion20 decks284 decks
-31%synergy
Molten Tributary
6.7%inclusion19 decks284 decks
3%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
6.3%inclusion18 decks284 decks
-3%synergy
Hinterland Harbor
6.3%inclusion18 decks284 decks
-34%synergy
Wooded Ridgeline
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
2%synergy
Mossfire Valley
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
-4%synergy
Vineglimmer Snarl
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
-4%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
2%synergy
Thriving Bluff
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
4%synergy
Thriving Grove
6.0%inclusion17 decks284 decks
4%synergy