Xyris, the Writhing Storm (Commander) - Expensive 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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Swiftfoot Boots
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Font of Mythos
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Spellbook
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Library of Leng
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Shared Animosity
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Rites of Flourishing
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Forced Fruition
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Parallel Lives
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Burgeoning
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Roar of Resistance
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Doubling Season
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Exploration
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3%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
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Proft's Eidetic Memory
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11%synergy
Wild Growth
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0%synergy
Wizard Class
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8%synergy
Rising of the Day
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8%synergy
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Moonlit Meditation
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On the Trail
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8%synergy
Season of Growth
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7%synergy
Snake Umbra
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7%synergy
Mystic Remora
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Elven Chorus
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Primal Vigor
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Fecundity
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7%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
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Ominous Seas
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5%synergy
Well of Ideas
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6%synergy
Opposition
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Propaganda
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3%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
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Fires of Yavimaya
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4%synergy
Sticky Fingers
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5%synergy
City on Fire
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4%synergy
Vicious Shadows
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5%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace Beleren
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14%synergy
Xenagos, the Reveler
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Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
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Reliquary Tower
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Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
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41%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
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26%synergy
Three Tree City
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24%synergy
Kessig Wolf Run
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13%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
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10%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
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4%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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7%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
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0%synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
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14%synergy
Mistrise Village
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-1%synergy
Evendo, Waking Haven
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9%synergy
Arena of Glory
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5%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
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-4%synergy
Temple of the False God
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Alchemist's Refuge
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Sol Ring
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Arcane Signet
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4%synergy
Thought Vessel
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44%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
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25%synergy
Talisman of Curiosity
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2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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Talisman of Impulse
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Talisman of Creativity
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Patchwork Banner
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6%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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Island
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Mountain
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Forest
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Command Tower
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Ketria Triome
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32%synergy
Breeding Pool
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24%synergy
Stomping Ground
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23%synergy
Steam Vents
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23%synergy
Rejuvenating Springs
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32%synergy
Training Center
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32%synergy
Spire Garden
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31%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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0%synergy
Misty Rainforest
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19%synergy
Scalding Tarn
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19%synergy
Frontier Bivouac
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0%synergy
Wooded Foothills
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15%synergy
Yavimaya Coast
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4%synergy
Hinterland Harbor
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-4%synergy
Sulfur Falls
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-3%synergy
Dreamroot Cascade
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4%synergy
Rootbound Crag
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-6%synergy
Cinder Glade
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-11%synergy
Shivan Reef
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-1%synergy
Rockfall Vale
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-1%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
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4%synergy
Taiga
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10%synergy
Tropical Island
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10%synergy
Karplusan Forest
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0%synergy
Volcanic Island
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9%synergy
Bountiful Landscape
18%inclusion46 decks252 decks
-5%synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
17%inclusion48 decks284 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
16%inclusion46 decks284 decks
-11%synergy
Hedge Maze
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3%synergy
Fabled Passage
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4%synergy
Barkchannel Pathway
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10%synergy
Path of Ancestry
15%inclusion44 decks284 decks
-13%synergy
Flooded Grove
15%inclusion43 decks284 decks
1%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
15%inclusion42 decks284 decks
7%synergy
Commercial District
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3%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
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-4%synergy
Cragcrown Pathway
14%inclusion41 decks284 decks
8%synergy
Temple of Mystery
14%inclusion41 decks284 decks
-6%synergy
Thundering Falls
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4%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
14%inclusion39 decks284 decks
8%synergy
City of Brass
13%inclusion38 decks284 decks
3%synergy
Temple of Abandon
13%inclusion37 decks284 decks
-6%synergy
Gruul Turf
13%inclusion37 decks284 decks
-2%synergy
Flooded Strand
13%inclusion36 decks284 decks
2%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
13%inclusion36 decks284 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Confluence
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1%synergy