---
name: "Swarmyard Massacre"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BLC"
set_name: "Bloomburrow Commander"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael Phillippi"
oracle_id: "50e7ae38-2a66-4e32-bfb3-fefbae0caa61"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swarmyard-massacre-blc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Swarmyard Massacre
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Create two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. Then each creature that isn't an Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each creature you control that's an Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel.

> *"Life and death are a cycle, and it is I who keeps it spinning."
—Decai, squirrelfolk rotmaster*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Earl of Squirrel](/printing/earl-of-squirrel-ulst.md) — Creature — Squirrel Noble Advisor
2. [The Swarmweaver](/printing/the-swarmweaver-pdsk.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Scarecrow
3. [Squirrel Mob](/printing/squirrel-mob-ody.md) — Creature — Squirrel
4. [Mutilate](/printing/mutilate-gvl.md) — Sorcery
5. [The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl](/printing/the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Squirrel Human Hero
6. [Scurry of Squirrels](/printing/scurry-of-squirrels-plst.md) — Creature — Squirrel Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #55
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael Phillippi
- **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`