[Primer] Tyranid Hive - Magus Lucea Kane EDH by user7907955

Format: Commander

Commander: Magus Lucea Kane

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Temur Big Mana deck led by Magus Lucea Kane. The primary strategy accelerates mana in the opening turns using efficient mana dorks and land ramp, casting Lucea Kane on turn 3. Once active, Lucea Kane adds two mana and copies the next X-cost spell cast each turn. The deck exploits this ability by casting massive Tyranids and Hydras where X is five or greater, triggering the Ravenous mechanic on both the original spell and the copy to draw cards while populating the battlefield with gigantic threats. Midgame engines like Garruk's Uprising, Unbound Flourishing, and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds amplify mana production and card flow. Free and efficient countermagic protects the board against sweepers and opposing disruption. The deck closes games around turn 6 by granting trample, flying, or unblockability to its doubled army, crushing all three opponents in decisive combat strikes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animist's Awakening
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Brass Infiniscope
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Duskshell Crawler
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hormagaunt Horde
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kinetic Ooze
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Owlin Spiralmancer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Voracious Hydra
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zimone, Infinite Analyst
  • 1 Zoanthrope