Shambling Swarm
Torment 82 • rare
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 82
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel
- Market price
- $0.47
What it does
When this creature dies, distribute three -1/-1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. For each -1/-1 counter you put on a creature this way, remove a -1/-1 counter from that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Chainer's madness personified, it exists only to slaughter the innocent.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Shambling Swarm was released in 2002 as part of the Torment set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was famously designed to focus heavily on black-aligned cards, shifting the color pie balance of the game during that era. This creature, a rare insect horror, was developed to embody the set's graveyard-focused themes, specifically rewarding players for sacrificing resources to cycle the card back into play.
The artwork was provided by Arnie Swekel, a frequent contributor to the game during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Swekel’s design utilized a dark, visceral aesthetic to reflect the nightmarish flavor of the set's setting, the subterranean realm of the Cabal. The card was received as a niche technical tool for control decks, praised for its recursive utility rather than raw combat power.
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About Shambling Swarm
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