Tyranid Swarm by vincenava

Format: Commander

Commander: Magus Lucea Kane

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Temur deck harnesses Magus Lucea Kane to accelerate mana and duplicate massive X-cost Tyranid creatures. By curving early ramp into a Turn 3 commander, the deck unlocks explosive turns starting on Turn 4, doubling huge Ravenous beaters like Aberrant, Zoanthrope, and Voracious Hydra while drawing cards to sustain velocity. Combat buffs from Old One Eye, Clamavus, and Winged Hive Tyrant turn these duplicated monsters into lethal attacks by Turns 6 and 7. In addition to overwhelming combat pressure, the deck features an incidental infinite damage combo between All Will Be One and The Red Terror. The deck's primary vulnerabilities stem from its heavy reliance on Lucea Kane surviving without haste and the constant tension between tapping out for massive spells and holding up reactive protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Bone Sabres
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Cave of Temptation
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Death's Presence
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genestealer Patriarch
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haruspex
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hierophant Bio-Titan
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 7 Island
  • 1 It'll Quench Ya!
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Malanthrope
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Screamer-Killer
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The First Tyrannic War
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 The Swarmlord
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Toxicrene
  • 1 Trygon Prime
  • 1 Tyranid Harridan
  • 1 Tyranid Prime
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Venomthrope
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Zoanthrope