Tyranid Swarm

Warhammer 40,000 Commander · 2022

The Swarmlord

Total: $176

The Swarmlord

URG100 cards

Bracket

Core

Power score: 2.1 / 10

Bracket 2 (Core), driven mainly by card advantage and ramp density (floor is Bracket 1).

✓ Commander-legal

What sets the bracket

✕At least one Game Changerdoes not apply

No Game Changers detected.

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✕More than three Game Changersdoes not apply

Deck runs 0 Game Changers (threshold is > 3).

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✕Mass land denialdoes not apply

No mass land denial detected.

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✕Early two-card infinite combodoes not apply

No early two-card infinite combos detected.

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✕Late two-card infinite combodoes not apply

No late two-card infinite combos detected.

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✕Extra-turn cards presentdoes not apply

No extra-turn cards detected.

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✕Chainable extra turnsdoes not apply

No chainable extra turns detected.

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What shapes it from there

Fast mana+0.5 / 2.0

1 fast-mana source(s) @ 0.5/card.

Sol Ring

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Ramp density+0.7 / 0.8

14 non-land ramp source(s) vs target 16.

CultivateFarseekRampant GrowthHarrowSol RingArcane SignetNew HorizonsMagus Lucea KaneBiophagusHaruspexNexosToxicrene

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Card advantage+0.8 / 0.8

17 card-advantage source(s) vs target 14.

The SwarmlordExploreStarstormInspiring CallAbundanceBred for the HuntExocrineBroodlordHormagaunt HordeSporocystTermagant SwarmTervigon

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Tutor density+0.0 / 2.0

0 tutor(s) vs target 6.

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Interaction density+0.0 / 0.5

Interaction is 8% of nonland cards (band 10-30%).

Hull BreachHarrowThe First Tyrannic WarMalanthropeAberrant

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Instant-speed interaction+0.2 / 0.5

20% of interaction is instant-speed (target 60%+).

Harrow

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Card quality+0.0 / 2.0

0 high-power (Game Changer) card(s) as a quality proxy. EDHREC hook reserved.

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Combo density & speed+0.0 / 2.0

0 two-card combo(s) detected (0 early).

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What would move you up

Add more tutor density (currently 0/2).
Add more interaction density (currently 0/0.5).

Deck stats

3.36

Avg. mana value

Lands

Nonland

100

Cards

Mana curve

Card types

Creature

Instant

Sorcery

Artifact

Enchantment

Land

Decklist

Creature · 36

AberrantX1G$4.58
Acolyte Hybrid2R$0.22
Atalan Jackal1RG$4.48
Biophagus1G$15.68
BroodlordX3G$1.53
Clamavus4G$2.15
Deathleaper, Terror Weapon2RG$0.54
ExocrineX2R$1.87
Gargoyle Flock2GU$0.31
Genestealer Locus3U$0.20
Genestealer Patriarch4U$0.36
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph1UR$35.53
Haruspex3G$0.38
Hierophant Bio-Titan10GG$1.75
Hormagaunt HordeXG$0.56
Lictor3G$0.29
Magus Lucea Kane1GUR
Malanthrope1GU$0.40
MawlocXRG$3.62
Nexos1G$9.61
Old One Eye5G$2.92
Purestrain Genestealer2G$0.37
RavenerXGU$1.03
Screamer-Killer4R$0.50
SporocystXXG$11.77
Termagant SwarmXG$2.65
TervigonX1G$3.58
The Red Terror3R$6.03
Toxicrene3G$0.68
Trygon Prime2GU$0.42
Tyranid Harridan4GU$0.34
Tyranid Prime1GU$0.76
Tyrant GuardX2G$4.56
Venomthrope1GU$3.97
Winged Hive Tyrant3UR$2.07
ZoanthropeXUR$1.65

Instant · 4

Aetherize3U$0.70
Harrow2G$0.29
Inspiring Call2G$0.31
StarstormXRR$0.31

Sorcery · 6

Cultivate2G$0.43
Explore1G$0.21
Farseek1G$0.42
Hull BreachRG$0.26
Rampant Growth1G$0.65
Tyranid Invasion3G$0.24

Artifact · 6

Arcane Signet2$0.50
Bone Sabres2G$5.42
Goliath Truck4$0.48
Herald's Horn3$5.05
Icon of Ancestry3$0.43
Sol Ring1$1.56

Enchantment · 8

Abundance2GG$2.22
Bred for the Hunt1GU$0.50
Death's Presence5G$0.37
Hardened ScalesG$3.06
New Horizons2G$0.24
Overgrowth2G$0.38
Shadow in the Warp1RG$19.20
The First Tyrannic War2GUR$0.66

Land · 39

Ash Barrens$0.32
Cave of Temptation$0.31
Cinder Glade$0.30
Command Tower$0.30
Evolving Wilds$0.25
Exotic Orchard
8× Forest
Frontier Bivouac$0.34
Game Trail$0.27
7× Island
7× Mountain
Opal Palace$0.28
Path of Ancestry
Rugged Highlands$0.16
Temple of Abandon$0.28
Temple of Epiphany$0.30
Temple of Mystery$0.29
Terramorphic Expanse$0.27
Thornwood Falls$0.26
Unclaimed Territory$0.33