Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
$18.65
$18.65Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman
How it feels to play against
Mildly Annoying
Some frustrating moments but still fun.
Popularity
Meta Pick
Very popular, most players know the strategy.
Ranking
#1508
Current Rank
#1526
Last Week
#1304
Past 2 Years
Golgari Combos
Debut Set
Decks on Moxfield
Decks on Archidekt
Scryfall
CardmarketVideos
Commander gameplay videos featuring Amzu, Swarm's Hunger.
New Cards
Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Amzu, Swarm's Hunger decks.
Blech, Loafing Pest+7% Synergy
$0.46
Dina's Guidance+3% Synergy
$1.24
Teacher's Pest-6% Synergy
$0.31
Cauldron of Essence-7% Synergy
$4.91
Turbulent Fen-8% Synergy
$6.54
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Amzu, Swarm's Hunger's abilities and overall game plan.
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord+59% Synergy
$33.11
Aatchik, Emerald Radian+53% Synergy
$0.31
Insidious Roots+51% Synergy
$1.81
Grist, the Hunger Tide+50% Synergy
$0.38
Hornet Queen+50% Synergy
$0.31
Crawling Infestation+49% Synergy
$0.33
Giant Adephage+49% Synergy
$0.38
Grist, Voracious Larva+46% Synergy
$1.02
Icetill Explorer+46% Synergy
$16.21
Tortured Existence+45% Synergy
$5.22
Top Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Amzu, Swarm's Hunger decks.
Iridescent Hornbeetle+45% Synergy
$0.31
Grapple with the Past+43% Synergy
$0.28
Fumulus, the Infestation+42% Synergy
$9.02
The Swarmweaver+42% Synergy
$0.34
Crawling Sensation+39% Synergy
$0.26
Caustic Caterpillar+38% Synergy
$0.36
Scute Swarm+36% Synergy
$10.69
Victimize+29% Synergy
$1.70
Cultivate+12% Synergy
$0.35
Assassin's Trophy+2% Synergy
$0.73
Game Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Demonic Tutor-6% Synergy
$72.10
Creatures
Essential creatures that complement Amzu, Swarm's Hunger's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Giant Ankheg+41% Synergy
$0.33
Spring-Leaf Avenger+39% Synergy
$0.32
Duskshell Crawler+37% Synergy
$0.28
Hornet Nest+36% Synergy
$0.28
Moldgraf Monstrosity+36% Synergy
$0.31
Molt Tender+35% Synergy
$0.32
Scute Mob+33% Synergy
$0.76
Old Rutstein+32% Synergy
$0.66
Altanak, the Thrice-Called+31% Synergy
$0.29
Skull Prophet+30% Synergy
$0.50
Living Hive+30% Synergy
$1.06
Huskburster Swarm+28% Synergy
$0.24
Honest Rutstein+28% Synergy
$0.41
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed+28% Synergy
$0.33
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest+27% Synergy
$0.34
Ant Queen+26% Synergy
$0.82
Blightbeetle+26% Synergy
$0.45
Seedship Broodtender+24% Synergy
$0.27
Haywire Mite+24% Synergy
$0.42
Grave-Shell Scarab+24% Synergy
$0.53
Canoptek Scarab Swarm+23% Synergy
$11.47
Vorapede+22% Synergy
$0.43
Crash of Rhino Beetles+20% Synergy
$0.31
Gleancrawler+17% Synergy
$0.40
Nyx Weaver+17% Synergy
$0.31
Aftermath Analyst+17% Synergy
$0.90
Endless Cockroaches+16% Synergy
$0.62
Blex, Vexing Pest+15% Synergy
$12.98
Golgari Grave-Troll+15% Synergy
$2.21
Eternal Witness+15% Synergy
$1.89
Broodhatch Nantuko+15% Synergy
$0.30
Moldgraf Millipede+15% Synergy
$0.13
Nantuko Elder+14% Synergy
$0.71
Worldspine Wurm+14% Synergy
$2.09
Sludge Titan+14% Synergy
$2.22
Springheart Nantuko+14% Synergy
$5.11
Colossal Grave-Reaver+13% Synergy
$9.74
Syr Konrad, the Grim+13% Synergy
$0.91
Tormod, the Desecrator+13% Synergy
$1.07
Golgari Thug+12% Synergy
$0.37
Deathrite Shaman+11% Synergy
$9.17
Overlord of the Balemurk+10% Synergy
$21.46
Fang, Fearless l'Cie+10% Synergy
$0.21
Meltstrider Eulogist+9% Synergy
$0.24
Six+9% Synergy
$5.36
Horizon Explorer+9% Synergy
$2.42
Meren of Clan Nel Toth+7% Synergy
$0.84
Disciple of Freyalise+7% Synergy
$1.80
Stitcher's Supplier+6% Synergy
$0.29
Sakura-Tribe Elder-3% Synergy
$0.26
Instants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Amzu, Swarm's Hunger safe.
Corpse Churn+37% Synergy
$0.12
Grisly Salvage+22% Synergy
$0.27
Midnight Tilling+20% Synergy
$0.19
Noxious Revival+19% Synergy
$7.03
Another Chance+14% Synergy
$0.26
Entomb+12% Synergy
$17.25
Smuggler's Surprise+10% Synergy
$4.30
Gravepurge+9% Synergy
$0.29
Malakir Rebirth+8% Synergy
$14.14
Unbury+8% Synergy
$0.22
Drag to the Roots+7% Synergy
$0.29
Urgent Necropsy+7% Synergy
$0.28
Murderous Cut+6% Synergy
$0.33
Archenemy's Charm+6% Synergy
$0.76
Unseal the Necropolis+6% Synergy
$0.19
Dig Up the Body+6% Synergy
$0.21
Peerless Recycling+5% Synergy
$0.28
Harrow+4% Synergy
$0.37
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$3.79
Cache Grab+3% Synergy
$0.21
Revitalizing Repast+3% Synergy
$0.99
Entish Restoration+2% Synergy
$4.08
Village Rites+2% Synergy
$0.51
Deathsprout+1% Synergy
$0.40
Inspiring Call+0% Synergy
$0.39
Beast Within0% Synergy
$0.52
Corrupted Conviction0% Synergy
$0.41
Putrefy-1% Synergy
$0.30
Heroic Intervention-2% Synergy
$14.58
Return of the Wildspeaker-3% Synergy
$0.86
Deadly Rollick-4% Synergy
$28.12
Tear Asunder-4% Synergy
$0.24
Golgari Charm-4% Synergy
$1.18
Dark Ritual-5% Synergy
$3.90
Abrupt Decay-5% Synergy
$2.78
Deadly Dispute-14% Synergy
$0.37
Sorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Amzu, Swarm's Hunger's game plan and control the board.
Dread Return+31% Synergy
$0.42
Rise of the Witch-king+29% Synergy
$0.70
Reanimate+23% Synergy
$8.19
Swarmyard Massacre+22% Synergy
$3.10
Life from the Loam+20% Synergy
$5.09
Squirming Emergence+16% Synergy
$0.28
Bala Ged Recovery+16% Synergy
$7.05
Beacon of Creation+14% Synergy
$7.71
Kodama's Reach+12% Synergy
$1.50
Buried Alive+9% Synergy
$0.88
Nature's Lore+9% Synergy
$2.40
Stitch Together+8% Synergy
$1.99
Badlands Revival+7% Synergy
$0.21
Three Visits+7% Synergy
$5.31
Persist+6% Synergy
$0.97
Analyze the Pollen+6% Synergy
$0.34
Living Death+5% Synergy
$2.17
Rampant Growth+5% Synergy
$0.44
Find // Finality+5% Synergy
$0.16
Incarnation Technique+4% Synergy
$9.79
Gaea's Blessing+4% Synergy
$0.36
Regrowth+4% Synergy
$0.49
Bloodline Bidding+4% Synergy
$1.98
Dryad's Revival+4% Synergy
$0.30
Lively Dirge+4% Synergy
$1.41
Breach the Multiverse+3% Synergy
$9.79
Farseek+3% Synergy
$0.55
Jarad's Orders+3% Synergy
$1.11
Unmarked Grave+3% Synergy
$2.70
Kindred Dominance+2% Synergy
$16.55
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$29.38
Unearth+2% Synergy
$0.56
Blasphemous Edict+1% Synergy
$5.16
Lich-Knights' Conquest+1% Synergy
$0.88
Skyshroud Claim+0% Synergy
$0.92
Rise of the Dark Realms+0% Synergy
$7.39
Vicious Rivalry+0% Synergy
$0.36
Feed the Swarm0% Synergy
$0.21
Damnation0% Synergy
$20.99
Toxic Deluge-6% Synergy
$5.05
Culling Ritual-11% Synergy
$0.37
Utility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Conduit of Worlds+29% Synergy
$4.36
Hedge Shredder+23% Synergy
$2.86
Perpetual Timepiece+13% Synergy
$0.30
Desecrated Tomb+12% Synergy
$2.36
Matzalantli, the Great Door+7% Synergy
$2.83
Broodheart Engine+5% Synergy
$0.28
Palantír of Orthanc+5% Synergy
$24.29
Banner of Kinship+4% Synergy
$5.74
Altar of Dementia+4% Synergy
$17.16
Crucible of Worlds+4% Synergy
$34.13
The Earth Crystal+4% Synergy
$11.75
Bow of Nylea+3% Synergy
$5.17
Herald's Horn+3% Synergy
$5.12
Vanquisher's Banner+3% Synergy
$4.20
Mesmeric Orb+3% Synergy
$18.39
The Ozolith+1% Synergy
$70.05
Chronicle of Victory+1% Synergy
$19.12
Phyrexian Altar-2% Synergy
$54.81
Skullclamp-6% Synergy
$6.25
Lightning Greaves-6% Synergy
$4.44
Ashnod's Altar-7% Synergy
$15.74
Swiftfoot Boots-10% Synergy
$1.95
Enchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Amzu, Swarm's Hunger's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Ripples of Undeath+36% Synergy
$6.19
Oversold Cemetery+32% Synergy
$2.69
Deadbridge Chant+28% Synergy
$0.35
Teval's Judgment+24% Synergy
$6.73
Phyrexian Reclamation+20% Synergy
$2.53
Terrasymbiosis+18% Synergy
$8.52
The Hunger Tide Rises+16% Synergy
$0.25
Chalk Outline+13% Synergy
$0.20
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab+12% Synergy
$0.32
Dredger's Insight+12% Synergy
$0.34
Doubling Season+10% Synergy
$32.07
Animate Dead+8% Synergy
$5.00
Soul Enervation+7% Synergy
$0.19
Greater Good+5% Synergy
$5.26
Puca's Covenant+5% Synergy
$0.25
Out of the Tombs+5% Synergy
$12.39
Undergrowth Recon+4% Synergy
$1.50
Cemetery Tampering+4% Synergy
$0.36
Journey to Eternity+4% Synergy
$6.86
Necromancy+4% Synergy
$19.84
Tribute to the World Tree+3% Synergy
$13.25
Branching Evolution+3% Synergy
$6.47
Garruk's Uprising+2% Synergy
$0.39
Primal Vigor+1% Synergy
$14.06
Parallel Lives0% Synergy
$35.62
Hardened Scales-2% Synergy
$1.63
Deathreap Ritual-4% Synergy
$0.36
Phyrexian Arena-4% Synergy
$4.22
Moldervine Reclamation-6% Synergy
$0.26
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Swarmyard+41% Synergy
$3.86
Mortuary Mire+30% Synergy
$0.46
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+19% Synergy
$10.74
Dakmor Salvage+13% Synergy
$0.37
Witch's Cottage+12% Synergy
$0.87
Tomb Fortress+6% Synergy
$4.69
Pit of Offerings+6% Synergy
$0.33
Geier Reach Sanitarium+6% Synergy
$1.50
Three Tree City+5% Synergy
$24.17
Shifting Woodland+5% Synergy
$4.12
Eumidian Hatchery+5% Synergy
$0.36
Great Arashin City+4% Synergy
$0.35
Susur Secundi, Void Altar+4% Synergy
$4.50
Drownyard Temple+4% Synergy
$0.25
Memorial to Folly+3% Synergy
$0.26
Bojuka Bog+3% Synergy
$0.70
Mosswort Bridge+1% Synergy
$0.35
Spymaster's Vault+1% Synergy
$0.91
Restless Cottage+1% Synergy
$2.41
Cabal Coffers+1% Synergy
$33.04
Evendo, Waking Haven+0% Synergy
$13.29
Boseiju, Who Endures+0% Synergy
$50.77
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+0% Synergy
$63.55
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth0% Synergy
$15.43
Phyrexian Tower-1% Synergy
$26.74
Reliquary Tower-6% Synergy
$2.94
Grim Backwoods-6% Synergy
$0.27
Rogue's Passage-11% Synergy
$0.38
Mana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Patchwork Banner+12% Synergy
$3.17
Golgari Keyrune+7% Synergy
$0.10
Golgari Signet+6% Synergy
$0.33
The Soul Stone+4% Synergy
$86.21
Commander's Sphere+0% Synergy
$0.33
Arcane Signet-1% Synergy
$1.10
Talisman of Resilience-2% Synergy
$0.39
Sol Ring-3% Synergy
$1.13
Lands
The mana base foundation for Amzu, Swarm's Hunger decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Underground Mortuary+21% Synergy
$16.06
Bala Ged Recovery+16% Synergy
$7.05
Deathcap Glade+10% Synergy
$1.97
Golgari Rot Farm+9% Synergy
$0.28
Path of Ancestry+9% Synergy
$0.27
Malakir Rebirth+8% Synergy
$14.14
Disciple of Freyalise+7% Synergy
$1.80
Undergrowth Stadium+5% Synergy
$5.56
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$3.79
Festering Thicket+3% Synergy
$0.32
Festering Gulch+3% Synergy
$0.29
Revitalizing Repast+3% Synergy
$0.99
Blooming Marsh+3% Synergy
$1.90
Boggart Trawler+2% Synergy
$0.87
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$29.38
Overgrown Tomb+2% Synergy
$9.58
Wastewood Verge+2% Synergy
$10.95
Tainted Wood+1% Synergy
$0.36
Woodland Chasm+1% Synergy
$0.56
Vernal Fen+1% Synergy
$0.52
Golgari Guildgate+1% Synergy
$0.11
Cavern of Souls+0% Synergy
$49.31
Riveteers Overlook+0% Synergy
$0.32
Forest+0% Synergy
$0.09
Swamp+0% Synergy
$2.00
Verdant Catacombs+0% Synergy
$32.02
Woodland Cemetery0% Synergy
$0.39
Bayou0% Synergy
Darkbore Pathway0% Synergy
$6.04
Haunted Mire-1% Synergy
$0.27
Nurturing Peatland-1% Synergy
$7.34
Misty Rainforest-1% Synergy
$36.97
Myriad Landscape-1% Synergy
$0.33
Terramorphic Expanse-2% Synergy
$0.16
Darkmoss Bridge-2% Synergy
$0.30
Evolving Wilds-2% Synergy
$0.12
Fabled Passage-2% Synergy
$3.30
Necroblossom Snarl-2% Synergy
$0.36
Temple of Malady-3% Synergy
$0.30
Command Tower-5% Synergy
$0.25
Viridescent Bog-5% Synergy
$0.28
Jungle Hollow-8% Synergy
$0.22
Twilight Mire-9% Synergy
$0.39
Exotic Orchard-9% Synergy
$0.82
Llanowar Wastes-14% Synergy
$0.50
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Amzu, Swarm's Hunger.
Grist, the Hunger Tide
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Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Tormod, the Desecrator
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Erinis, Gloom Stalker // Criminal Past
Xira, the Golden Sting
Old Stickfingers
Aatchik, Emerald Radian
Old Rutstein
Erinis, Gloom Stalker // Haunted One
Storrev, Devkarin Lich
Cloud of Darkness
Skanos Dragonheart // Agent of the Iron Throne
Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker // Cloakwood Hermit
Viconia, Drow Apostate // Cloakwood Hermit
The Mycotyrant
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood // Tormod, the Desecrator
Kagha, Shadow Archdruid
Skanos Dragonheart // Criminal Past
Grist, Voracious Larva
Wilson, Refined Grizzly // Criminal Past
Blex, Vexing Pest
Gyome, Master Chef
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
Polukranos, Unchained
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Miara, Thorn of the Glade
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Agent Frank Horrigan
Umori, the Collector
Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Chevill, Bane of Monsters
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Hazel of the Rootbloom