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Shambling Swarm
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Magic: The Gathering
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TormentTOR · #82
- Card type
- Creature — Horror
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.42 € · ★ 4.96 € · 0.47 $ · ★ 5.16 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Arnie Swekel
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2002-02-04
Flavour text
Chainer's madness personified, it exists only to slaughter the innocent.
Rulings
The -1/-1 counters you remove don’t have to be the same counters put on the creature by Shambling Swarm.