---
name: "Huskburster Swarm"
mana_cost: "{7}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace", "Deathtouch"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Tedrick"
oracle_id: "faefb352-575c-49f7-9f7a-96f2279a077b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/huskburster-swarm-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Huskburster Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{7}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Menace, Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card you own in exile and in your graveyard.
Menace, deathtouch

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Amzu, Swarm's Hunger](/printing/amzu-swarms-hunger-clu.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman
2. [Corpse Explosion](/printing/corpse-explosion-psnc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Blade of the Swarm](/printing/blade-of-the-swarm-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Assassin
4. [Writhing Necromass](/printing/writhing-necromass-dmu.md) — Creature — Zombie Giant
5. [Feed the Swarm](/printing/feed-the-swarm-ltc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Swarm, Being of Bees](/printing/swarm-being-of-bees-om1.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Villain

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #98
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Tedrick
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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