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 we read on this card

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

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

hits creature — 1,370 cards in The Swarmlord's colors 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. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Chaos Mutation — Chaos Mutation can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library
  13. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put The Swarmlord onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Tyranid deals combat damage — 71 cards in The Swarmlord's colors 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 — 2,413 cards in The Swarmlord's colors can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord makes a player draw a card:

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  2. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  3. The Locust God — makes a token
  4. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  5. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  6. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  7. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Lyla, Holographic Assistant — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Data, New Life — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything gets a counter — 2,482 cards in The Swarmlord's colors 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

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

a creature attacks — 9,684 cards in The Swarmlord's colors can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  3. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  4. The Earth King — searches a library
  5. Screaming Swarm — mills a card
  6. Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  9. Total War — kills a creature
  10. The Spear of Leonidas — triggers

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

anything attacks — 9,684 cards in The Swarmlord's colors can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
  3. Bonny Pall, Clearcutter — draws you 1 card
  4. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  5. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  6. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  8. Gut, True Soul Zealot — sacrifices a creature or artifact
  9. Cool but Rude — draws and discards
  10. Swashbuckler Extraordinaire — sacrifices a Treasure

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

a creature blocks — 9,684 cards in The Swarmlord's colors can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

When The Swarmlord blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  3. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  4. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  5. Gift of the Woods — gives +0/+3
  6. Noxious Assault — puts a counter on a permanent
  7. Ferocity — puts a counter on a permanent
  8. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  9. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  10. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a creature is cast — 9,731 cards in The Swarmlord's colors can cause this (The Swarmlord is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — When The Swarmlord is cast, Primeval Bounty makes a token

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 10,588 cards in The Swarmlord's colors 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. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

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