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Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
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Amzu, Swarm's Hunger

{3}{B}{G}

Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman

Flying, menace

Other Insects you control have menace.

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.

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FlyingMenace
Set
Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU #24)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
5
Released
2024-02-23
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
EDHREC rank
#8,015
Colour identity
{B}{G}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.13
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord 62 %+60.0 %
  2. Aatchik, Emerald Radian 58 %+55.1 %
  3. Grist, the Hunger Tide 60 %+51.9 %
  4. Insidious Roots 61 %+51.5 %
  5. Hornet Queen 56 %+50.2 %
  6. Giant Adephage 54 %+49.9 %
  7. Crawling Infestation 54 %+49.6 %
  8. Grist, Voracious Larva 52 %+47.9 %
  9. Icetill Explorer 55 %+47.2 %
  10. Tortured Existence 49 %+47.0 %
  11. Iridescent Hornbeetle 49 %+45.5 %
  12. The Swarmweaver 48 %+44.4 %
  13. Grapple with the Past 49 %+44.3 %
  14. Swarmyard 57 %+43.3 %
  15. Fumulus, the Infestation 47 %+42.8 %
  16. Giant Ankheg 43 %+41.7 %
  17. Crawling Sensation 45 %+40.3 %
  18. Caustic Caterpillar 44 %+38.3 %
  19. Spring-Leaf Avenger 40 %+38.2 %
  20. Scute Swarm 52 %+37.9 %
  21. Duskshell Crawler 43 %+37.5 %
  22. Molt Tender 40 %+37.3 %
  23. Ripples of Undeath 44 %+37.2 %
  24. Corpse Churn 38 %+37.1 %
  25. Moldgraf Monstrosity 38 %+36.7 %
  26. Hornet Nest 40 %+35.7 %
  27. Scute Mob 36 %+33.4 %
  28. Altanak, the Thrice-Called 35 %+32.9 %
  29. Oversold Cemetery 34 %+31.0 %
  30. Living Hive 32 %+30.8 %
  31. Dread Return 39 %+30.7 %
  32. Mortuary Mire 35 %+30.6 %
  33. Old Rutstein 34 %+30.3 %
  34. Victimize 49 %+29.9 %
  35. Huskburster Swarm 32 %+29.8 %
  36. Rise of the Witch-king 40 %+29.6 %
  37. Skull Prophet 37 %+29.6 %
  38. Conduit of Worlds 35 %+29.6 %
  39. Deadbridge Chant 34 %+29.2 %
  40. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 39 %+29.2 %
  41. Izoni, Thousand-Eyed 34 %+28.9 %
  42. Blightbeetle 30 %+27.6 %
  43. Honest Rutstein 34 %+26.2 %
  44. Ant Queen 28 %+26.1 %
  45. Seedship Broodtender 29 %+25.4 %
  46. Teval's Judgment 27 %+25.4 %
  47. Reanimate 45 %+25.2 %
  48. Canoptek Scarab Swarm 26 %+24.6 %
  49. Haywire Mite 44 %+24.6 %
  50. Hedge Shredder 29 %+24.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Forest 99 %+1.1 %
  2. Swamp 99 %+1.1 %
  3. Command Tower 79 %-6.3 %
  4. Sol Ring 75 %-4.7 %
  5. Woodland Cemetery 64 %-0.7 %
  6. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord 62 %+60.0 %
  7. Insidious Roots 61 %+51.5 %
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide 60 %+51.9 %
  9. Arcane Signet 59 %-2.3 %
  10. Aatchik, Emerald Radian 58 %+55.1 %
  11. Swarmyard 57 %+43.3 %
  12. Hornet Queen 56 %+50.2 %
  13. Icetill Explorer 55 %+47.2 %
  14. Crawling Infestation 54 %+49.6 %
  15. Giant Adephage 54 %+49.9 %
  16. Scute Swarm 52 %+37.9 %
  17. Grist, Voracious Larva 52 %+47.9 %
  18. Cultivate 51 %+12.1 %
  19. Overgrown Tomb 50 %+1.7 %
  20. Victimize 49 %+29.9 %
  21. Grapple with the Past 49 %+44.3 %
  22. Iridescent Hornbeetle 49 %+45.5 %
  23. Tortured Existence 49 %+47.0 %
  24. The Swarmweaver 48 %+44.4 %
  25. Assassin's Trophy 48 %-0.3 %
  26. Golgari Rot Farm 48 %+10.7 %
  27. Fumulus, the Infestation 47 %+42.8 %
  28. Crawling Sensation 45 %+40.3 %
  29. Reanimate 45 %+25.2 %
  30. Ripples of Undeath 44 %+37.2 %
  31. Undergrowth Stadium 44 %+5.2 %
  32. Caustic Caterpillar 44 %+38.3 %
  33. Deathcap Glade 44 %+8.4 %
  34. Haywire Mite 44 %+24.6 %
  35. Bojuka Bog 44 %+1.3 %
  36. Giant Ankheg 43 %+41.7 %
  37. Tainted Wood 43 %-0.2 %
  38. Duskshell Crawler 43 %+37.5 %
  39. Underground Mortuary 41 %+21.2 %
  40. Rise of the Witch-king 40 %+29.6 %
  41. Spring-Leaf Avenger 40 %+38.2 %
  42. Molt Tender 40 %+37.3 %
  43. Hornet Nest 40 %+35.7 %
  44. Dread Return 39 %+30.7 %
  45. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 39 %+29.2 %
  46. Moldgraf Monstrosity 38 %+36.7 %
  47. Corpse Churn 38 %+37.1 %
  48. Llanowar Wastes 38 %-16.1 %
  49. Skull Prophet 37 %+29.6 %
  50. Scute Mob 36 %+33.4 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2024-02-02

    If multiple cards leave your graveyard at the same time, Amzu, Swarm's Hunger's ability will trigger only once.

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