First printed in Commander 2020 (2020)
Legendary Creature — Snake Leviathan
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.
3/5
- Illustrated by
- Filip Burburan
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 3.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
26 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players…: Intruder Alarm + Lore Broker + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite card draw for any number of opponents…: Intruder Alarm + Red Death, Shipwrecker + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite draw triggers for each opponent, Infinite looting for opponents…: Cephalid Looter + Intruder Alarm + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Breath of Fury + Fervor + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite colorless mana: Ashnod's Altar + Folio of Fancies + Mind Over Matter + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Flumph + Pandemonium + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite card draw for any number of opponents…: Aura of Dominion + Red Death, Shipwrecker + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite draw triggers for each opponent, Infinite looting for opponents…: Ashnod's Altar + Intruder Alarm + Lumengrid Augur + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers…: Bloom Tender + Intruder Alarm + Jace's Archivist + Kozilek, Butcher of Truth + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Flumph + Warstorm Surge + Xyris, the Writhing Storm
