The Swarmlord

The Swarmlord

Legendary Creature — Tyranid

Mana cost: {3}{G}{U}{R}

How we read this card

The Swarmlord enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game.

static — arrives with counters

Whenever a creature you control with a counter on it dies, draw a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: put a counter on anything, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Chaos Mutation — Chaos Mutation can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  13. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  14. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Tyranid deals combat damage — 91 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

  1. Tyranid Harridan — When The Swarmlord deals combat damage, Tyranid Harridan makes a token

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to The Swarmlord, All Will Be One deals that much damage
  2. Lonis, Genetics Expert — When Lonis, Genetics Expert gets a counter thanks to The Swarmlord, it triggers

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  8. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ — sacrifices an Aura

113 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

182 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

300 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When The Swarmlord enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

41 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.