Tyranid Swarm
Commander $173.30
100 cards
Bracket 2 by the list · Core
Gold: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 91 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 29 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 92 and Health 81, that is 91 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
Power 29: why
- 19 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- Average mana value 3.36: middling
Manabase 92: why
- 7 lands always enter tapped
- 39 lands, counting ramp ≈ 43.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.36
- 24 sources make red, and it has a card costing {R}{R}: aim for about 26
Health 81: why
- Only 2 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- 16 ramp pieces ✓
- 19 cards that draw or dig ✓
◈ Commander
The Swarmlord
$0.53 Main deck (99)
Creatures 36
1
Aberrant
X1G $4.62
1
1
Acolyte Hybrid
2R $0.25
1
1
Atalan Jackal
1RG $4.15
1
1
Biophagus
1G $13.04
1
1
Broodlord
X3G $0.90
1
1
Clamavus
4G $1.76
1
1
Deathleaper, Terror Weapon
2RG $0.50
1
1
Exocrine
X2R $1.24
1
1
Gargoyle Flock
2GU $0.33
1
1
Genestealer Locus
3U $0.20
1
1
Genestealer Patriarch
4U $0.38
1
1
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
1UR $27.19
1
1
Haruspex
3G $0.39
1
1
Hierophant Bio-Titan
10GG $1.56
1
1
Hormagaunt Horde
XG $0.43
1
1
Lictor
3G $0.34
1
1
Magus Lucea Kane
1GUR $3.06
1
1
Malanthrope
1GU $0.44
1
1
Mawloc
XRG $3.37
1
1
Nexos
1G $8.35
1
1
Old One Eye
5G $2.92
1
1
Purestrain Genestealer
2G $0.40
1
1
Ravener
XGU $0.88
1
1
Screamer-Killer
4R $0.54
1
1
Sporocyst
XXG $8.75
1
1
Termagant Swarm
XG $2.44
1
1
Tervigon
X1G $3.89
1
1
The Red Terror
3R $5.57
1
1
Toxicrene
3G $0.66
1
1
Trygon Prime
2GU $0.40
1
1
Tyranid Harridan
4GU $0.38
1
1
Tyranid Prime
1GU $0.58
1
1
Tyrant Guard
X2G $4.13
1
1
Venomthrope
1GU $3.90
1
1
Winged Hive Tyrant
3UR $2.06
1
1
Zoanthrope
XUR $1.35
1
Instants 4
1
Aetherize
3U $0.81
1
1
Harrow
2G $0.43
1
1
Inspiring Call
2G $0.75
1
1
Starstorm
XRR $0.35
1
Sorceries 6
1
Cultivate
2G $0.76
1
1
Explore
1G $0.37
1
1
Farseek
1G $1.50
1
1
Hull Breach
RG $0.84
1
1
Rampant Growth
1G $0.90
1
1
Tyranid Invasion
3G $0.19
1
Artifacts 6
1
Arcane Signet
2 $4.46
1
1
Bone Sabres
2G $4.11
1
1
Goliath Truck
4 $0.49
1
1
Herald's Horn
3 $5.61
1
1
Icon of Ancestry
3 $1.17
1
1
Sol Ring
1 $2.23
1
Enchantments 8
1
Abundance
2GG $1.34
1
1
Bred for the Hunt
1GU $0.71
1
1
Death's Presence
5G $0.41
1
1
Hardened Scales
G $3.83
1
1
New Horizons
2G $0.33
1
1
Overgrowth
2G $0.46
1
1
Shadow in the Warp
1RG $15.36
1
1
The First Tyrannic War
2GUR $0.56
1
Lands 39
1
Ash Barrens
$0.31
1
1
Cave of Temptation
$0.29
1
1
Cinder Glade
$0.42
1
1
Command Tower
$0.56
1
1
Evolving Wilds
$0.20
1
1
Exotic Orchard
$0.32
1
8
Forest
$0.34
8
1
Frontier Bivouac
$0.39
1
1
Game Trail
$0.40
1
7
Island
$0.31
7
7
Mountain
$0.31
7
1
Opal Palace
$0.37
1
1
Path of Ancestry
$0.34
1
1
Rugged Highlands
$0.28
1
1
Temple of Abandon
$0.36
1
1
Temple of Epiphany
$0.34
1
1
Temple of Mystery
$0.33
1
1
Terramorphic Expanse
$0.29
1
1
Thornwood Falls
$0.34
1
1
Unclaimed Territory
$0.85
1
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2Bracket
2 · Core by the list. The bracket comes from Wizards' card rules alone; the colour says how well the deck does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 91 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 29 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 92 and Health 81, that is 91 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
29Power
How fast and how hard this deck can take over a game. Absolute: about 90 and up is cEDH, so a casual deck scores low on purpose.
Focused
- 19 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- Average mana value 3.36: middling
- 2 answers at mana value 2 or less
- 1 piece of fast mana: Sol Ring
92Manabase
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Excellent
- 7 lands always enter tapped
- 39 lands, counting ramp ≈ 43.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.36
- 24 sources make red, and it has a card costing {R}{R}: aim for about 26
81Health
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Good
- Only 2 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- 16 ramp pieces ✓
- 19 cards that draw or dig ✓
- 2 board wipes ✓
- A curve it can cast: 8% of spells cost 6 or more ✓
Scores read the list alone, from each card's own rules text: they can't see how a deck is played. Bracket names and the Game Changers list are Wizards of the Coast's (Commander Brackets, list as Wizards last changed it, 9 February 2026).
Led by The Swarmlord. A blue-red-green Commander deck built around +1/+1 counters, on a Tyranid kindred base. 37 creatures, 39 lands, average mana value 3.36.
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