Tyranid X-tra Ravenous by CerealBusiness

Format: Commander

Commander: Magus Lucea Kane

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur ramp and stompy strategy centered on Magus Lucea Kane, using her tap ability to copy massive X-spells and Ravenous Tyranids. Early turns focus on playing 2-CMC ramp to deploy Lucea on Turn 3. Starting on Turn 4, the deck begins duplicating high-impact spells to outvalue opponents in card advantage and board presence. On Turn 5, casting an X=5 or greater creature generates two large threats and draws multiple cards through the Ravenous mechanic. The deck finishes games on Turn 7 by attacking with a swarm of trampling or flying Tyranids supplemented by copied direct burn spells like Jaya's Immolating Inferno. While explosive, the engine is vulnerable to early removal targeting Lucea's 1/1 body, and it lacks nonland tutors to reliably fetch specific protection or interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Change of Plans
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Doppelgang
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Geometer's Arthropod
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invigorating Hot Spring
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kinetic Ooze
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 1 Mind into Matter
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Rosheen Meanderer
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 Trygon Prime
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zoanthrope