---
name: "Winged Hive Tyrant"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Tyranid"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "The Will of the Hive Mind", "Haste"]
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "148"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Antonio José Manzanedo"
oracle_id: "6f0d8900-8460-4b31-8b67-eb4e470c3317"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/winged-hive-tyrant-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Winged Hive Tyrant
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Tyranid
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, The Will of the Hive Mind, Haste

## Oracle Text
Flying, haste
The Will of the Hive Mind — Other creatures you control with counters on them have flying and haste.

> *Die synaptische Verbindung eines Schwarmtyranten ist die Hauptverbindung, mit der das Schwarmbewusstsein seine Herrschaft auf die niederen Kreaturen der Schwarmflotte ausübt.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tyranid Harridan](/printing/tyranid-harridan-40k.md) — Creature — Tyranid
2. [The Hive](/printing/the-hive-3ed.md) — Artifact
3. [Wingspan Mentor](/printing/wingspan-mentor-ncc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Windstorm Drake](/printing/windstorm-drake-rna.md) — Creature — Drake
5. [Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry](/printing/wingnut-bat-on-the-belfry-tmt.md) — Legendary Creature — Bat Mutant
6. [Plumecreed Mentor](/printing/plumecreed-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Bird Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #148
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Antonio José Manzanedo
- **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`