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The Swarmlord - Decklist

Creatures 36$20.69

  1. Acolyte Hybrid1Acolyte Hybrid$0.26
  2. Atmosphere Surgeon1Atmosphere Surgeon$0.20
  3. Atraxa's Skitterfang1Atraxa's Skitterfang$0.25
  4. Broodlord1Broodlord$1.09
  5. Cinderslash Ravager1Cinderslash Ravager$0.11
  6. Clamavus1Clamavus$1.83
  7. Deathleaper, Terror Weapon1Deathleaper, Terror Weapon$0.55
  8. Evolution Witness1Evolution Witness$0.34
  9. Evolved Spinoderm1Evolved Spinoderm$0.20
  10. Exocrine1Exocrine$1.36
  11. Gargoyle Flock1Gargoyle Flock$0.33
  12. Genestealer Locus1Genestealer Locus$0.23

Creatures continued

  1. Genestealer Patriarch1Genestealer Patriarch$0.38
  2. Haruspex1Haruspex$0.39
  3. Herd Baloth1Herd Baloth$0.36
  4. Hierophant Bio-Titan1Hierophant Bio-Titan$1.67
  5. Hormagaunt Horde1Hormagaunt Horde$0.46
  6. Ichorplate Golem1Ichorplate Golem$0.14
  7. Kuldotha Cackler1Kuldotha Cackler$0.11
  8. Lictor1Lictor$0.34
  9. Magmatic Sprinter1Magmatic Sprinter$0.15
  10. Malanthrope1Malanthrope$0.40
  11. Mycoloth1Mycoloth$0.58
  12. Purestrain Genestealer1Purestrain Genestealer$0.40

Creatures continued

  1. Ravener1Ravener$1.06
  2. Sawblade Scamp1Sawblade Scamp$0.18
  3. Screamer-Killer1Screamer-Killer$0.57
  4. Shaman of the Great Hunt1Shaman of the Great Hunt$0.90
  5. Tainted Observer1Tainted Observer$0.28
  6. Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus1Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus$1.68
  7. Thrummingbird1Thrummingbird$0.24
  8. Toxicrene1Toxicrene$0.72
  9. Trygon Prime1Trygon Prime$0.39
  10. Tyranid Harridan1Tyranid Harridan$0.37
  11. Tyranid Prime1Tyranid Prime$0.65
  12. Zoanthrope1Zoanthrope$1.52

Instants 6$1.62

  1. Aetherize1Aetherize$0.28
  2. Free from Flesh1Free from Flesh$0.13
  3. Harrow1Harrow$0.32
  4. Inspiring Call1Inspiring Call$0.27
  5. Silkguard1Silkguard$0.38
  6. Starstorm1Starstorm$0.24

Sorceries 6$3.79

  1. Cultivate1Cultivate$0.39
  2. Explore1Explore$0.17
  3. Rampant Growth1Rampant Growth$0.39
  4. Tyranid Invasion1Tyranid Invasion$0.22
  5. Unnatural Restoration1Unnatural Restoration$1.29
  6. Wave Goodbye1Wave Goodbye$1.33

Artifacts 3$0.92

  1. Churning Reservoir1Churning Reservoir$0.23
  2. Icon of Ancestry1Icon of Ancestry$0.39
  3. The Filigree Sylex1The Filigree Sylex$0.30

Enchantments 10$7.50

  1. Abundance1Abundance$1.13
  2. Bred for the Hunt1Bred for the Hunt$0.22
  3. Death's Presence1Death's Presence$0.35
  4. Greater Good1Greater Good$1.57
  5. Hardened Scales1Hardened Scales$1.84
  6. Inexorable Tide1Inexorable Tide$0.97
  7. New Horizons1New Horizons$0.16
  8. Overgrowth1Overgrowth$0.25
  9. Simic Ascendancy1Simic Ascendancy$0.43
  10. The First Tyrannic War1The First Tyrannic War$0.58

Lands 38 / 38$10.38

  1. Ash Barrens1Ash Barrens$0.15
  2. Cave of Temptation1Cave of Temptation$0.27
  3. Cinder Glade1Cinder Glade$0.27
  4. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  5. Dreamroot Cascade1Dreamroot Cascade$0.84
  6. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  7. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  8. Forest×22Forest$0.18
  9. Frontier Bivouac1Frontier Bivouac$0.26
  10. Game Trail1Game Trail$0.26
  11. Hinterland Harbor1Hinterland Harbor$0.25
  12. Island×22Island$0.14

Lands continued

  1. Karplusan Forest1Karplusan Forest$0.40
  2. Kessig Wolf Run1Kessig Wolf Run$0.32
  3. Mountain×22Mountain$0.16
  4. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  5. Opal Palace1Opal Palace$0.13
  6. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  7. Rockfall Vale1Rockfall Vale$0.71
  8. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  9. Rootbound Crag1Rootbound Crag$0.22
  10. Rugged Highlands1Rugged Highlands$0.10
  11. Shivan Reef1Shivan Reef$0.22
  12. Snow-Covered Forest1Snow-Covered Forest$0.99

Lands continued

  1. Snow-Covered Island1Snow-Covered Island$1.06
  2. Snow-Covered Mountain1Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50
  3. Sulfur Falls1Sulfur Falls$0.18
  4. Temple of Abandon1Temple of Abandon$0.16
  5. Temple of Epiphany1Temple of Epiphany$0.16
  6. Temple of Mystery1Temple of Mystery$0.15
  7. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  8. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  9. Thornwood Falls1Thornwood Falls$0.13
  10. Unclaimed Territory1Unclaimed Territory$0.30
  11. Yavimaya Coast1Yavimaya Coast$0.31

About this The Swarmlord deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: The Swarmlord, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its known subtotal is $44.90 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2. 1 cards have no price.

The list is drawn from what The Swarmlord decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Tyranid Prime, Hardened Scales and Cultivate. The picks most particular to this commander are Trygon Prime, Malanthrope and Purestrain Genestealer, which turn up here far more often than in other Temur decks.

Its average mana value is 3.47. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Hardened Scales ($1.84), Clamavus ($1.83) and Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus ($1.68); 41 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $32.11, and with no limit $327.68; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.47
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match60%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 6 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 10 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 18 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 16 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 7 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 4 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 1 card

The curve and the average cover The Swarmlord and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1212+0
Targeted disruption1213+1
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3838+0
Plan3027-3

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 7 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for The Swarmlord at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what The Swarmlord decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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