---
name: "Amzu, Swarm's Hunger"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Menace"]
set: "CLU"
set_name: "Ravnica: Clue Edition"
collector_number: "24"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "6777863c-e52c-4a7c-b8d2-a16b1438b3d2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/amzu-swarms-hunger-clu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Menace

## Oracle Text
Flying, menace
Other Insects you control have menace.
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Swarmweaver](/printing/the-swarmweaver-pdsk.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
2. [Scouring Swarm](/printing/scouring-swarm-eoc.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Canoptek Scarab Swarm](/printing/canoptek-scarab-swarm-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Insect
4. [Zask, Skittering Swarmlord](/printing/zask-skittering-swarmlord-j22.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect
5. [Swarm, Being of Bees](/printing/swarm-being-of-bees-om1.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Villain
6. [It of the Horrid Swarm](/printing/it-of-the-horrid-swarm-emn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #24
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`