Tyranid Swarm by Gunroc0811

Format: Commander

Commander: The Swarmlord

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Temur +1/+1 counters deck is helmed by The Swarmlord, a value engine that draws cards whenever a creature with a counter dies. The deck's primary plan is to deploy X-cost Ravenous Tyranid creatures (Exocrine, Broodlord, Sporocyst) to flood the board with massive, counter-laden bodies, then leverage synergies like Danny Pink (draw on first counter each turn), Clamavus (pump per counter), and Uncivil Unrest (double damage) to turn those creatures into overwhelming combat threats. Magus Lucea Kane provides incredible mana acceleration and spell copying, allowing you to double up on the most impactful X-spells. There are no infinite combos; victory is achieved through pure combat inevitability and attrition via card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bone Sabres
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Death's Presence
  • 1 Deathleaper, Terror Weapon
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haruspex
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Malanthrope
  • 1 Marcus, Mutant Mayor
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rosheen Meanderer
  • 1 Screamer-Killer
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The First Tyrannic War
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 The Swarmlord
  • 1 Toxicrene
  • 1 Trygon Prime
  • 1 Tyranid Harridan
  • 1 Tyranid Invasion
  • 1 Tyranid Prime
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Uncivil Unrest
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Venomthrope
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zoanthrope