---
name: "Devouring Swarm"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "401"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "11656b2a-b459-4b1c-b505-8547c3507856"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/devouring-swarm-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Devouring Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

> *Their arrival is heralded by the deafening hum of ten thousand wings. Their departure is marked by the silence of the dead.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Giant Fly](/printing/giant-fly-tle.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Swarm Culler](/printing/swarm-culler-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Warrior
3. [Dross Hopper](/printing/dross-hopper-som.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect Horror
4. [Scouring Swarm](/printing/scouring-swarm-eoc.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Unyaro Bees](/printing/unyaro-bees-tsp.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Skittering Skirge](/printing/skittering-skirge-pal99.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Imp

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #401
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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