---
name: "Shambling Swarm"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Arnie Swekel"
oracle_id: "7807122e-917f-4a79-876e-d1c10f7a38ed"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shambling-swarm-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shambling Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle 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.

> *É a própria personificação da loucura de Chainer e existe apenas para chacinar os inocentes.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Festering Mummy](/printing/festering-mummy-akr.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Shambling Goblin](/printing/shambling-goblin-cn2.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
3. [Blowfly Infestation](/printing/blowfly-infestation-ecc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Soul Snuffers](/printing/soul-snuffers-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
5. [Spinal Centipede](/printing/spinal-centipede-grn.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Host of the Hereafter](/printing/host-of-the-hereafter-tdm.md) — Creature — Zombie Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #82
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Arnie Swekel
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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