The Swarmweaver
DSK · rare · Released 2024-09-27
Power
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Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
wants support
scales up
one mode
situational
hard to remove
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Rationale
4cmc legendary artifact creature that ETBs with two 1/1 flying Insects, then becomes a delirium-gated lord granting all Insects and Spiders +1/+1 and deathtouch. Signature in Insect/Spider typal and graveyard-matters shells where hitting delirium is easy; the flying tokens provide immediate board presence and the deathtouch anthem is threatening at parity. Wins in typal insect synergy decks but narrow outside that axis.
Learnings (3)
The Swarmweaver's delirium lord effect covers both Insects AND Spiders, making it a bridge card between two creature types that rarely share a tribal payoff.
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As a legendary artifact creature, The Swarmweaver benefits from both artifact-matters and legendary-matters synergies on top of its primary insect/spider tribal role — the artifact type is easy to miss given the Scarecrow creature type.
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The two 1/1 flying Insect tokens it creates are themselves boosted by its own delirium anthem once active, meaning the ETB tokens are the primary beneficiaries of the lord effect.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #6,356