Tyranid Swarm UPG by user4329197

Format: Commander

Commander: Magus Lucea Kane

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Temur midrange deck leverages Magus Lucea Kane to accelerate mana and duplicate high-impact X-cost spells. The game plan focuses on deploying early ramp to cast Lucea Kane on Turn 3, untapping on Turn 4 to double scalable Tyranid and Hydra threats. By setting X to 5 or greater, the deck repeatedly triggers the Ravenous mechanic on both original spells and their copies, refilling your hand while assembling overwhelming power and toughness. Victory is achieved through devastating combat steps enabled by Herald of Secret Streams, Winged Hive Tyrant, or Garruk's Uprising, alongside direct damage bursts from All Will Be One, Zoanthrope, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno. The deck pairs explosive board development with resilient counter-based protection spells like Ripples of Potential and Tyrant Guard.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Altered Ego
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinetic Ooze
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Owlin Spiralmancer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The First Tyrannic War
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Venomthrope
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Zoanthrope