Tyranids by user2561362

Format: Commander

Commander: Magus Lucea Kane

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an X-spell midrange deck led by Magus Lucea Kane. The primary strategy focuses on deploying early ramp to cast the commander ahead of curve, then tapping her to produce two mana and copy massive X-cost Tyranid and Hydra spells. Duplicating spells with X equal to 5 or greater triggers the Ravenous mechanic twice, generating overwhelming board presence while continuously refilling the hand with fresh cards. The deck translates this card advantage and board dominance into a lethal clock through counter multipliers like Kalonian Hydra and Doubling Season, combined with evasion enablers such as Winged Hive Tyrant and Old One Eye. Defensive protection comes from on-board answers like Tyrant Guard and instant-speed tools like Inspiring Call. While the deck excels at generating huge trampling threats and scaling mana, its linear reliance on combat damage and tapping a summoning-sick commander makes it vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers and targeted removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 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 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Death's Presence
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Follow the Lumarets
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Geometer's Arthropod
  • 1 Growth Curve
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haruspex
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hierophant Bio-Titan
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Hungering Hydra
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Rosheen Meanderer
  • 1 Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The First Tyrannic War
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Trygon Prime
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Zoanthrope