Tyranids

Commander / EDH* Counters Praetor RUG (Temur)

GraveWalker0705

Creature (32)

• 1x Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Broodlord
• 1x Deathleaper, Terror Weapon
• 1x Defiler of Vigor
• 1x Exocrine
• 1x Gargoyle Flock
• 1x Genestealer Patriarch
• 1x Grumgully, the Generous
• 1x Haruspex
• 1x Hormagaunt Horde
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core AugurGC
• 1x Mawloc
• 1x Old One Eye
• 1x Oran-Rief Ooze
• 1x Phyrexian Swarmlord
• 1x Purestrain Genestealer
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Sporocyst
• 1x Termagant Swarm
• 1x Tervigon
• 1x Toxicrene
• 1x Trygon Prime
• 1x Tyranid Harridan
• 1x Tyranid Prime
• 1x Tyrant Guard
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of HungerGC
• 1x Winged Hive Tyrant
• 1x Zoanthrope

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cryptic Spires
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Instant (6)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Voidslime

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Food ChainGC
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x The First Tyrannic War
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Wild Growth

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Primal Surge
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit

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Creature (10)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Biophagus
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clamavus
• 1x Hierophant Bio-Titan
• 1x Lictor
• 1x Malanthrope
• 1x Nexos
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x The Red Terror

Land (3)

• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery

Instant (2)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Starstorm

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Shadow in the Warp

Artifact (1)

• 1x Goliath Truck

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Deck based on the newly spoiled Warhammer 40k commander "The Swarmlord". The card reads "The Swarmlord" 3 colorless mana and Temur, for a 5/5 Legendary creature - Tyranid with the ability "Rapid Regeneration" - The Swarmlord enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. It also has "Xenos Cunning" - Whenever a creature you control with a counter on it dies, draw a card.

Anyway, the main idea of this commander is to find a way to abuse the second ability by creating a lot of creatures, putting counters on them, and killing them to draw cards. Given how easy it is to exploit The Swarmlords ability you can really turn through your deck rather fast. Cards like Renata help put counters on all creatures entering on your side and then you can sack them to greater good to really speed things up. After that you just need to find a card like dream halls and suddenly you are playing your whole deck in one turn and overwhelming your opponents with really large squids.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 54 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Copy Clone, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Insect 1/1 G, Tyranid 1/1 G, Tyranid 5/5 G, Tyranid Gargoyle 1/1 U
Folders	HEL’s Spells