The Swarmweaver (Commander) - Core

The Swarmweaver
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Jeremy Rowe
Sep 5, 2025
Jeremy Rowe
Building an Insect Commander Deck with Aatchik, Emerald Radian
Insects are an underloved creature type in Magic. So let's show them some appreciation with this Commander deck, with Aatchik, Emerald Radian.
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Arasta of the Endless Web
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Hornet Queen
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Crawling Sensation
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Nyx Weaver
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Haywire Mite
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Giant Adephage
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Aatchik, Emerald Radian
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Hornet Nest
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Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
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Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
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Caustic Caterpillar
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Old Rutstein
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Springheart Nantuko
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Ant Queen
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Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
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Huskburster Swarm
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Spinner of Souls
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Icetill Explorer
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Spring-Leaf Avenger
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Stinging Cave Crawler
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Canoptek Scarab Swarm
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Living Hive
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Carrion Grub
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Molt Tender
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Rotwidow Pack
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The Serpent Society
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Treetop Snarespinner
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Skull Prophet
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Izoni, Center of the Web
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Sakura-Tribe Elder
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Circuit Mender
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Crash of Rhino Beetles
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Mirkwood Spider
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Enduring Vitality
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Drider
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Gene Pollinator
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Osseous Sticktwister
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Drag to the Roots
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Putrefy
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Harrow
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Assassin's Trophy
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Beast Within
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Golgari Charm
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Murder
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Revitalizing Repast
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Deadly Dispute
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Dina's Guidance
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Tear Asunder
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Return to Nature
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Fog
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Cultivate
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Victimize
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Rise of the Witch-king
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Beacon of Creation
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Final Vengeance
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Harmonize
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Three Visits
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Night's Whisper
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Bala Ged Recovery
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Deluge of Doom
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Toxic Deluge
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Monstrous Emergence
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Bushwhack
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Commune with Evil
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Demonic Counsel
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Living Death
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Shamanic Revelation
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Grapple with Death
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Eaten Alive
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Triumph of the Hordes
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Buried Alive
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Atrocious Experiment
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Life from the Loam
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Dig Up
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Diresight
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Hedge Shredder
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Skullclamp
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Conduit of Worlds
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Cauldron of Essence
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Whip of Erebos
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Perpetual Timepiece
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Broodheart Engine
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Ashnod's Altar
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Maskwood Nexus
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Swiftfoot Boots
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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Idol of Oblivion
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Lightning Greaves
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Deadbridge Chant
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Deathreap Ritual
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Curse of Clinging Webs
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Insidious Roots
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Ripples of Undeath
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Moldervine Reclamation
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Parallel Lives
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Beastmaster Ascension
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Binding the Old Gods
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Doubling Season
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Cemetery Tampering
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Cryptolith Rite
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Phyrexian Arena
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Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar
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Animate Dead
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Oversold Cemetery
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Wall Crawl
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Nowhere to Run
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Into the Pit
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Garruk's Uprising
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Journey to Eternity
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1.1xlift
Planeswalkers
Lolth, Spider Queen
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Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
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4.1xlift
Wrenn and Seven
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2.1xlift
Vraska, Golgari Queen
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Swarmyard
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2.6xlift
Bojuka Bog
36%inclusion108 decks298 decks
0.9xlift
Grim Backwoods
25%inclusion74 decks298 decks
1.4xlift
Tree of Tales
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2.1xlift
Vault of Whispers
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1.8xlift
Tranquil Thicket
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1.7xlift
Shifting Woodland
16%inclusion49 decks298 decks
2.2xlift
Barren Moor
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1.6xlift
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
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0.8xlift
Reliquary Tower
14%inclusion43 decks298 decks
0.7xlift
Three Tree City
14%inclusion43 decks298 decks
1.6xlift
Rogue's Passage
11%inclusion32 decks298 decks
0.4xlift
Eumidian Hatchery
11%inclusion12 decks114 decks
8.2xlift
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
9.4%inclusion28 decks298 decks
0.7xlift
Dryad Arbor
9.4%inclusion28 decks298 decks
1.0xlift
Temple of the False God
9.1%inclusion27 decks298 decks
1.1xlift
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8.4%inclusion25 decks298 decks
1.0xlift
Kishla Village
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3.6xlift
Evendo, Waking Haven
6.1%inclusion7 decks114 decks
1.6xlift
Dakmor Salvage
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1.0xlift
Phyrexian Tower
5.7%inclusion17 decks298 decks
0.7xlift
Mortuary Mire
5.7%inclusion17 decks298 decks
1.0xlift
Boseiju, Who Endures
5.7%inclusion17 decks298 decks
0.6xlift
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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1.0xlift
Arcane Signet
66%inclusion198 decks298 decks
1.1xlift
Golgari Signet
42%inclusion124 decks298 decks
1.5xlift
Talisman of Resilience
34%inclusion102 decks298 decks
1.4xlift
Commander's Sphere
14%inclusion43 decks298 decks
1.8xlift
Mind Stone
14%inclusion43 decks298 decks
2.3xlift
Golgari Keyrune
13%inclusion39 decks298 decks
14xlift
Patchwork Banner
11%inclusion32 decks298 decks
1.4xlift
Lands
Forest
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Swamp
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1.0xlift
Command Tower
76%inclusion226 decks298 decks
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Woodland Cemetery
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Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion150 decks298 decks
1.6xlift
Llanowar Wastes
48%inclusion142 decks298 decks
0.9xlift
Terramorphic Expanse
44%inclusion130 decks298 decks
1.8xlift
Golgari Rot Farm
43%inclusion129 decks298 decks
0.9xlift
Tainted Wood
43%inclusion128 decks298 decks
0.9xlift
Twilight Mire
41%inclusion122 decks298 decks
1.0xlift
Necroblossom Snarl
40%inclusion119 decks298 decks
1.0xlift
Jungle Hollow
38%inclusion113 decks298 decks
1.3xlift
Temple of Malady
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0.9xlift
Viridescent Bog
29%inclusion87 decks298 decks
1.1xlift
Deathcap Glade
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1.0xlift
Overgrown Tomb
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Darkmoss Bridge
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2.0xlift
Exotic Orchard
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0.8xlift
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion63 decks298 decks
1.3xlift
Underground Mortuary
21%inclusion63 decks298 decks
1.3xlift
Undergrowth Stadium
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0.6xlift
Fabled Passage
17%inclusion52 decks298 decks
1.2xlift
Verdant Catacombs
16%inclusion48 decks298 decks
0.8xlift
Revitalizing Repast
16%inclusion47 decks298 decks
0.7xlift
Haunted Mire
15%inclusion46 decks298 decks
0.8xlift
Blooming Marsh
14%inclusion43 decks298 decks
1.1xlift
Strangled Cemetery
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4.8xlift
Golgari Guildgate
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Ash Barrens
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Valgavoth's Lair
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2.2xlift
Wastewood Verge
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0.8xlift
Festering Gulch
10%inclusion31 decks298 decks
2.2xlift
Bala Ged Recovery
10%inclusion29 decks298 decks
0.9xlift
Vernal Fen
8.8%inclusion10 decks114 decks
0.4xlift
Darkbore Pathway
8.7%inclusion26 decks298 decks
0.5xlift
Foul Orchard
8.4%inclusion25 decks298 decks
1.4xlift
Path of Ancestry
8.1%inclusion24 decks298 decks
0.3xlift
Malakir Rebirth
7.4%inclusion22 decks298 decks
0.8xlift
Woodland Chasm
7.0%inclusion21 decks298 decks
0.9xlift
Nurturing Peatland
6.7%inclusion20 decks298 decks
0.8xlift
Riveteers Overlook
6.4%inclusion19 decks298 decks
1.2xlift
Fell the Profane
6.0%inclusion18 decks298 decks
0.7xlift
Illegitimate Business
5.5%inclusion3 decks55 decks
1.8xlift
Festering Thicket
5.3%inclusion6 decks114 decks
0.5xlift
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