Tyranid Swarm Precon by ZeroHP

Format: Commander

Commander: The Swarmlord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Temur deck leverages +1/+1 counters, X-cost Tyranid creatures, and big mana ramp to overrun opponents. Commanded by The Swarmlord, the strategy focuses on accelerating mana in the opening turns through ramp spells and cost reducers like Shadow in the Warp and Biophagus. By Turn 4, the deck deploys key engine pieces like Magus Lucea Kane, setting up explosive turns where massive Ravenous creatures enter the battlefield with doubled power and draw replacement cards. Combat dominance is achieved by granting trample and flying through Old One Eye and Winged Hive Tyrant, while Clamavus exponentially scales the board's offensive stats. Defensive tools such as Tyrant Guard and Inspiring Call protect the hive from removal, and The Swarmlord ensures the hand stays full whenever creatures with counters perish. The deck wins by overwhelming all three opponents with massive trample damage by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Acolyte Hybrid
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 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 Death's Presence
  • 1 Deathleaper, Terror Weapon
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exocrine
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gargoyle Flock
  • 1 Genestealer Locus
  • 1 Genestealer Patriarch
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Goliath Truck
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haruspex
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hierophant Bio-Titan
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Lictor
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Malanthrope
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 Nexos
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Purestrain Genestealer
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravener
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Screamer-Killer
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 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 First Tyrannic War
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 The Swarmlord
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Toxicrene
  • 1 Trygon Prime
  • 1 Tyranid Harridan
  • 1 Tyranid Invasion
  • 1 Tyranid Prime
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Venomthrope
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Zoanthrope