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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
#7,831
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 0.29
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 %+59.7 %
  2. Aatchik, Emerald Radian 58 %+54.3 %
  3. Insidious Roots 62 %+51.6 %
  4. Grist, the Hunger Tide 60 %+51.1 %
  5. Hornet Queen 56 %+50.3 %
  6. Crawling Infestation 54 %+49.8 %
  7. Giant Adephage 53 %+49.4 %
  8. Grist, Voracious Larva 52 %+47.7 %
  9. Tortured Existence 48 %+46.9 %
  10. Icetill Explorer 54 %+46.4 %
  11. Iridescent Hornbeetle 49 %+45.6 %
  12. Grapple with the Past 49 %+44.3 %
  13. Swarmyard 57 %+43.0 %
  14. Fumulus, the Infestation 47 %+42.6 %
  15. The Swarmweaver 46 %+42.0 %
  16. Giant Ankheg 43 %+41.3 %
  17. Crawling Sensation 45 %+39.9 %
  18. Spring-Leaf Avenger 41 %+38.8 %
  19. Caustic Caterpillar 44 %+38.1 %
  20. Ripples of Undeath 45 %+38.0 %
  21. Corpse Churn 38 %+37.3 %
  22. Scute Swarm 51 %+37.2 %
  23. Duskshell Crawler 42 %+37.0 %
  24. Moldgraf Monstrosity 39 %+37.0 %
  25. Molt Tender 39 %+36.5 %
  26. Hornet Nest 40 %+35.7 %
  27. Scute Mob 36 %+33.3 %
  28. Altanak, the Thrice-Called 34 %+32.3 %
  29. Oversold Cemetery 34 %+31.5 %
  30. Mortuary Mire 36 %+31.4 %
  31. Dread Return 40 %+31.1 %
  32. Old Rutstein 35 %+30.8 %
  33. Skull Prophet 38 %+30.2 %
  34. Living Hive 31 %+30.1 %
  35. Conduit of Worlds 35 %+29.8 %
  36. Huskburster Swarm 32 %+29.7 %
  37. Victimize 49 %+29.6 %
  38. Deadbridge Chant 34 %+29.2 %
  39. Rise of the Witch-king 40 %+29.2 %
  40. Izoni, Thousand-Eyed 33 %+28.5 %
  41. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 38 %+28.1 %
  42. Honest Rutstein 36 %+27.8 %
  43. Blightbeetle 29 %+26.8 %
  44. Ant Queen 28 %+25.5 %
  45. Teval's Judgment 27 %+25.4 %
  46. Seedship Broodtender 28 %+24.7 %
  47. Reanimate 44 %+24.3 %
  48. Canoptek Scarab Swarm 26 %+24.2 %
  49. Haywire Mite 43 %+24.1 %
  50. Swarmyard Massacre 34 %+24.0 %

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 80 %-5.7 %
  4. Sol Ring 75 %-4.2 %
  5. Woodland Cemetery 65 %+0.2 %
  6. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord 62 %+59.7 %
  7. Insidious Roots 62 %+51.6 %
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide 60 %+51.1 %
  9. Arcane Signet 60 %-2.4 %
  10. Aatchik, Emerald Radian 58 %+54.3 %
  11. Swarmyard 57 %+43.0 %
  12. Hornet Queen 56 %+50.3 %
  13. Crawling Infestation 54 %+49.8 %
  14. Icetill Explorer 54 %+46.4 %
  15. Giant Adephage 53 %+49.4 %
  16. Grist, Voracious Larva 52 %+47.7 %
  17. Cultivate 51 %+12.4 %
  18. Scute Swarm 51 %+37.2 %
  19. Overgrown Tomb 51 %+2.2 %
  20. Grapple with the Past 49 %+44.3 %
  21. Assassin's Trophy 49 %+0.6 %
  22. Iridescent Hornbeetle 49 %+45.6 %
  23. Victimize 49 %+29.6 %
  24. Tortured Existence 48 %+46.9 %
  25. Golgari Rot Farm 48 %+10.4 %
  26. Fumulus, the Infestation 47 %+42.6 %
  27. The Swarmweaver 46 %+42.0 %
  28. Ripples of Undeath 45 %+38.0 %
  29. Crawling Sensation 45 %+39.9 %
  30. Undergrowth Stadium 45 %+5.8 %
  31. Bojuka Bog 45 %+2.5 %
  32. Tainted Wood 44 %+0.7 %
  33. Caustic Caterpillar 44 %+38.1 %
  34. Reanimate 44 %+24.3 %
  35. Haywire Mite 43 %+24.1 %
  36. Deathcap Glade 43 %+8.8 %
  37. Giant Ankheg 43 %+41.3 %
  38. Duskshell Crawler 42 %+37.0 %
  39. Underground Mortuary 42 %+21.3 %
  40. Spring-Leaf Avenger 41 %+38.8 %
  41. Rise of the Witch-king 40 %+29.2 %
  42. Dread Return 40 %+31.1 %
  43. Hornet Nest 40 %+35.7 %
  44. Molt Tender 39 %+36.5 %
  45. Moldgraf Monstrosity 39 %+37.0 %
  46. Corpse Churn 38 %+37.3 %
  47. Llanowar Wastes 38 %-15.4 %
  48. Skull Prophet 38 %+30.2 %
  49. Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest 38 %+28.1 %
  50. Rampant Growth 37 %+5.4 %

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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