Tyranids by Shplant43

Format: Commander

Commander: The Swarmlord

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur Tyranid kindred strategy commanded by The Swarmlord, aiming to overwhelm opponents with large +1/+1 counter creatures and massive X-spell threats. Early turns focus on establishing mana acceleration and cost reducers like Shadow in the Warp and Nexos. Mid-game turns cast Ravenous Tyranids to draw cards, build formidable board presence, and leverage counter doublers like Kalonian Hydra and Doubling Season. The deck wins primarily by crashing through defenses with unblockable or evasive tramplers using Herald of Secret Streams and Winged Hive Tyrant, with Simic Ascendancy providing an alternate non-combat win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Acolyte Hybrid
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Communal Brewing
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Farseek
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Gargoyle Flock
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genestealer Patriarch
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Malanthrope
  • 1 Marcus, Mutant Mayor
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Myth Unbound
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Purestrain Genestealer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Screamer-Killer
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The First Tyrannic War
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Swarmlord
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Trygon Prime
  • 1 Tyranid Harridan
  • 1 Tyranid Prime
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Zoanthrope