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About this deck

A blue, red and green Commander deck led by Xyris, the Writhing Storm, 100 cards, saved by a ScrollVault player. Bracket 2 (Core) by our bracket engine.

Checked October 14, 2026 with ScrollVault's bracket engine v391 · what changed in each version · how the engine is tested

Why it is Bracket 2

What sets it: Optimization score 28/75 set the verdict (no hard floor reached Bracket 2).

• Alternate win condition detected: Laboratory Maniac — present but lightly supported
• High optimization — score 28/75 (13 interaction spells, 27 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor

This deck runs no Game Changers. See the full Game Changers list and the bracket rules.

Deck at a glance

• 100 cards: 31 lands and 68 other cards, plus the commander.
• Average mana value of the nonland cards, commander included: 3.13.
• Color identity: blue, red and green.

For a land count and colored sources matched to this curve, run the list through the mana base calculator; for what other decks at this bracket run, see Commander deck ratios by bracket.

Decklist

Commander

• Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Creatures (18)

• Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• Braids, Conjurer Adept
• Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• Esix, Fractal Bloom
• Essence Warden
• Faerie Mastermind
• Heartwood Storyteller
• Kami of the Crescent Moon
• Laboratory Maniac
• Magus of the Wheel
• Nadir Kraken
• Nin, the Pain Artist
• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• Nyxbloom Ancient
• Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
• Razorkin Needlehead
• Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked
• Tidal Barracuda

Planeswalkers (2)

• Jace Beleren
• The Royal Scions

Instants (9)

• Counterspell
• Didn't Say Please
• Fog
• Lightning Bolt
• Naturalize
• Neutralize
• Return to Nature
• Spell Snuff
• Storm Seeker

Sorceries (7)

• Collective Voyage
• Enter the Infinite
• Fascination
• Finale of Revelation
• Germination Practicum
• Minds Aglow
• Tempt with Discovery

Artifacts (18)

• Ashnod's Altar
• Chromatic Lantern
• Combine Chrysalis
• Folio of Fancies
• Font of Mythos
• Gilded Lotus
• Hammer of Purphoros
• Helm of the Host
• Horn of Greed
• Howling Mine
• Lightning Greaves
• Nyx Lotus
• Skullclamp
• Sol Ring
• Spellbook
• Sundial of the Infinite
• Temple Bell
• Thought Vessel

Enchantments (14)

• Cryptolith Rite
• Dictate of Kruphix
• Fevered Visions
• Forced Fruition
• Goblin Bombardment
• Impact Tremors
• Leyline of Anticipation
• Mirrormade
• Ominous Seas
• Parallel Lives
• Rites of Flourishing
• Shared Animosity
• Teferi's Ageless Insight
• Well of Ideas

Lands (31)

• Animal Sanctuary
• Castle Embereth
• Castle Vantress
• Command Tower
• Evolving Wilds
• Exotic Orchard
• 5 Forest
• Frontier Bivouac
• Gruul Turf
• 4 Island
• Izzet Boilerworks
• 3 Mountain
• Mystic Sanctuary
• Paradox Gardens
• Path of Ancestry
• Reliquary Tower
• Rugged Highlands
• Simic Growth Chamber
• Simic Guildgate
• Temple of Abandon
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Thornwood Falls

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