Tyranid Swarm upgrade but now less bad

Commander / EDH Aggro Hive Mind Multiplayer Ramp RUG (Temur) Theme/Gimmick Value Engine

LiterallyHitler

Creature (44)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Biophagus
• 1x Broodlord
• 1x Caldera Hellion
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Embodiment of Spring
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Exocrine
• 1x Eyeless Watcher
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hormagaunt Horde
• 1x Kozilek's Predator
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mawloc
• 1x Nest Invader
• 1x Old One Eye
• 1x Purestrain Genestealer
• 1x Rapacious One
• 1x Ravener
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Screamer-Killer
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Sporocyst
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Termagant Swarm
• 1x Tervigon
• 1x The Goose Mother
• 1x Trygon Prime
• 1x Tyranid Prime
• 1x Tyrant Guard
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Winged Hive Tyrant
• 1x Zoanthrope

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (3)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x From Beyond
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Shadow in the Warp
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Up the Beanstalk

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Call the Scions
• 1x Growth Spasm
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip

Instant (2)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Cyclonic Rift

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Note to self, add Hydroid Krasis. Alter Kami of Whispered Hopes / Enraged Yao Guai / Marcus, Mutant Mayor. Alter Ravenous Tyrannosaurus to the Red Terror. Archdruid's Charm / Sowing Mycospawn tutors G-Cradle and should be added ASAP. Railway Brawler is stupid and kind of looks like a Carnifex?

This deck is in the process of 100% total art and flavor conversion. Completed cards here - https://imgur.com/gallery/6DnsPXs Keep in mind this is not a competitive deck, it is primarily designed for casual battlecruiser metas. If you match up against fast combo just scoop because you've already lost.

Use creatures that sac themselves for land like Sakura-Tribe Elder (Genestealer cults), Eldrazi spawns / scions ('gaunts) or just tutor for Gaea's Cradle (Eldrazi Spawning Beds) to ramp. Small Eldrazi spawners are 'gaunts, bigger ones are Warriors, and the biggest are Carnifex. Utility creatures are Zoanthropes, Biovores, Lictors etc. "Whenever an opponent casts a spell add a +1/+1 counter" effects are typically Rippers. Emrakul, the Promised End is a Hive Ship with the retro art and can be tutored with From Beyond. Caldera Hellion has devour and thus is much more flavorful than the Red Terror we got in the deck. Much of the Tyranid choices are based off the army I had when I was 16, and thus most are nostalgia choices.

The Swarmlord's ability to draw off buffed creatures deaths is actually really solid. Add that to "residual draw" from stuff like Temur Ascendancy and Bred for the Hunt and you can keep making land drops and keep casting creatures, gaining consistent, resilient board presence.

Other options:

Token Spawn - Birthing Hulk / Brood Monitor / Drowner of Hope

Goodstuff - Defiler of Vigor / Thunderfoot Baloth / Overwhelming Stampede / Uncivil Unrest

Wraths - Curse of the Swine / Blasphemous Act / AEtherize / Aetherspouts

+1/+1 counter doubler - Benevolent Hydra / Kalonian Hydra / The Ozolith / Ozolith, the Shattered Spire / Hardened Scales / Branching Evolution

Draw - Inspiring Call

Ramp - Carpet of Flowers

Removal - Cindervines / Beast Within / Hull Breach / Chaos Warp

Emrakul's Messenger Hydroelectric Specimen   Kozilek's Unsealing Sink into Stupor   Ugin's Binding Unfathomable Truths Spawn-Gang Commander Basking Broodscale Bridgeworks Battle   Chittering Dispatcher Eldrazi Repurposer Malevolent Rumble Path of Annihilation Propagator Drone Sowing Mycospawn Drowner of Truth   Stump Stomp   Titans' Vanguard Writhing Chrysalis Glaring Fleshraker Spawnbed Protector Ulamog, the Defiler Wastescape Battlemage Shifting Woodland Spawning Bed Urza's Cave

Fangs of Kalonia Skittering Invasion Kozilek, Butcher of Truth Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Growing Rites of Itlimoc   Circle of Dreams Druid Cryptolith Rite Earthcraft

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 61 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Food, Tyranid 1/1 G, Tyranid 5/5 G
Folders	Decks