Zask, Skittering Swarmlord (Commander) - Core

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Rank #485
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Ethan Coover
Sep 8, 2025
Best Insect Combos in EDH
Mind if we bug you for a bit? Come check out this list of the top 10 Insect combo cards for your Commander decks.
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Turbulent Fen
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Lord Dregg, Insect Invader
8.8%inclusion5 decks57 decks
8%synergy
Tainted Treats
3.5%inclusion2 decks57 decks
1%synergy
Insectoid Exterminator
1.8%inclusion1 decks57 decks
1%synergy
Swift Demise
1.6%inclusion1 decks63 decks
1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Caustic Caterpillar
88%inclusion871 decks989 decks
81%synergy
Grist, the Hunger Tide
89%inclusion884 decks989 decks
80%synergy
Scute Swarm
88%inclusion871 decks989 decks
75%synergy
Hornet Queen
80%inclusion788 decks989 decks
74%synergy
Grist, Voracious Larva
75%inclusion711 decks943 decks
71%synergy
Crawling Sensation
75%inclusion746 decks989 decks
70%synergy
Crawling Infestation
74%inclusion730 decks989 decks
69%synergy
Giant Adephage
72%inclusion714 decks989 decks
68%synergy
Scute Mob
70%inclusion690 decks989 decks
67%synergy
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
68%inclusion675 decks989 decks
65%synergy
Top Cards
Haywire Mite
82%inclusion809 decks989 decks
65%synergy
Hornet Nest
68%inclusion676 decks989 decks
65%synergy
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
60%inclusion598 decks989 decks
53%synergy
Springheart Nantuko
60%inclusion559 decks934 decks
53%synergy
Harrow
60%inclusion591 decks989 decks
50%synergy
Icetill Explorer
59%inclusion173 decks291 decks
51%synergy
Blightbeetle
59%inclusion584 decks989 decks
56%synergy
Aatchik, Emerald Radian
59%inclusion316 decks537 decks
55%synergy
Spring-Leaf Avenger
57%inclusion566 decks989 decks
55%synergy
Giant Ankheg
56%inclusion552 decks989 decks
54%synergy
Game Changers
Crop Rotation
29%inclusion283 decks989 decks
20%synergy
Creatures
Circuit Mender
55%inclusion544 decks989 decks
53%synergy
Fumulus, the Infestation
55%inclusion376 decks689 decks
51%synergy
Crash of Rhino Beetles
54%inclusion536 decks989 decks
53%synergy
Ant Queen
51%inclusion507 decks989 decks
49%synergy
Moldgraf Millipede
50%inclusion499 decks989 decks
48%synergy
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
49%inclusion484 decks989 decks
43%synergy
Seedship Broodtender
49%inclusion142 decks292 decks
45%synergy
Canoptek Scarab Swarm
48%inclusion479 decks989 decks
46%synergy
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
47%inclusion462 decks989 decks
46%synergy
Broodhatch Nantuko
47%inclusion461 decks989 decks
44%synergy
Nantuko Elder
46%inclusion459 decks989 decks
45%synergy
The Swarmweaver
43%inclusion349 decks803 decks
39%synergy
Old Rutstein
42%inclusion414 decks989 decks
37%synergy
Huskburster Swarm
41%inclusion362 decks877 decks
39%synergy
Nantuko Husk
41%inclusion403 decks989 decks
39%synergy
Living Hive
41%inclusion402 decks989 decks
39%synergy
Mortician Beetle
38%inclusion373 decks989 decks
36%synergy
Nantuko Cultivator
38%inclusion372 decks989 decks
37%synergy
Stinging Cave Crawler
37%inclusion364 decks989 decks
35%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
36%inclusion353 decks989 decks
22%synergy
Horizon Explorer
35%inclusion104 decks293 decks
33%synergy
Realmwalker
34%inclusion339 decks989 decks
26%synergy
Molt Tender
34%inclusion184 decks537 decks
31%synergy
Devouring Swarm
33%inclusion326 decks989 decks
31%synergy
Blex, Vexing Pest
33%inclusion325 decks989 decks
30%synergy
Altanak, the Thrice-Called
33%inclusion263 decks803 decks
31%synergy
Carrion Grub
32%inclusion320 decks989 decks
30%synergy
Kraul Harpooner
31%inclusion310 decks989 decks
30%synergy
Vorapede
30%inclusion294 decks989 decks
29%synergy
Kazandu Nectarpot
29%inclusion283 decks989 decks
27%synergy
Virus Beetle
28%inclusion272 decks989 decks
26%synergy
The Gitrog Monster
26%inclusion260 decks989 decks
23%synergy
Duskshell Crawler
26%inclusion259 decks989 decks
22%synergy
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
25%inclusion244 decks989 decks
21%synergy
Moldgraf Monstrosity
24%inclusion235 decks989 decks
22%synergy
Webstrike Elite
23%inclusion121 decks518 decks
22%synergy
Mightform Harmonizer
23%inclusion68 decks293 decks
22%synergy
Bane of the Living
23%inclusion226 decks989 decks
22%synergy
Kraul Whipcracker
21%inclusion203 decks989 decks
20%synergy
Giant Ladybug
20%inclusion202 decks989 decks
20%synergy
Saber Ants
20%inclusion196 decks989 decks
19%synergy
Battlefly Swarm
20%inclusion195 decks989 decks
19%synergy
Eumidian Wastewaker
19%inclusion57 decks293 decks
19%synergy
Scouring Swarm
19%inclusion57 decks293 decks
18%synergy
Xantid Swarm
19%inclusion185 decks989 decks
18%synergy
Spineseeker Centipede
19%inclusion148 decks799 decks
17%synergy
Swarm of Bloodflies
18%inclusion177 decks989 decks
17%synergy
Nessian Hornbeetle
18%inclusion174 decks989 decks
17%synergy
Masked Vandal
17%inclusion172 decks989 decks
15%synergy
Necrosquito
17%inclusion172 decks989 decks
17%synergy
Instants
Assassin's Trophy
45%inclusion445 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Beast Within
41%inclusion402 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Entish Restoration
40%inclusion397 decks989 decks
35%synergy
Grisly Salvage
38%inclusion378 decks989 decks
28%synergy
Village Rites
36%inclusion357 decks989 decks
20%synergy
Putrefy
35%inclusion343 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Nameless Inversion
32%inclusion317 decks989 decks
30%synergy
Roiling Regrowth
26%inclusion253 decks989 decks
23%synergy
Heroic Intervention
19%inclusion183 decks989 decks
-13%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
19%inclusion183 decks989 decks
12%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
16%inclusion149 decks939 decks
-4%synergy
Deadly Dispute
16%inclusion155 decks989 decks
-5%synergy
Golgari Charm
15%inclusion149 decks989 decks
-2%synergy
Tear Asunder
13%inclusion132 decks989 decks
-2%synergy
Grapple with the Past
12%inclusion121 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Entomb
12%inclusion118 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
12%inclusion115 decks989 decks
10%synergy
Drag to the Roots
11%inclusion91 decks803 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion102 decks942 decks
2%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
10%inclusion99 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Abrupt Decay
9.4%inclusion93 decks989 decks
-7%synergy
Songs of the Damned
8.3%inclusion82 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Return of the Wildspeaker
8.0%inclusion79 decks989 decks
-3%synergy
Deathsprout
7.7%inclusion76 decks989 decks
2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.9%inclusion68 decks989 decks
-3%synergy
Cycle of Renewal
5.6%inclusion10 decks177 decks
4%synergy
Dark Ritual
5.3%inclusion52 decks989 decks
-12%synergy
Rampaging Growth
5.1%inclusion50 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Gravepurge
5.1%inclusion50 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Cultivate
44%inclusion433 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Swarmyard Massacre
40%inclusion349 decks862 decks
29%synergy
Rampant Growth
38%inclusion377 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Nature's Lore
31%inclusion306 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Kodama's Reach
29%inclusion285 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Formless Genesis
28%inclusion220 decks788 decks
25%synergy
Culling Ritual
28%inclusion274 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
27%inclusion263 decks989 decks
15%synergy
Squirming Emergence
26%inclusion257 decks989 decks
22%synergy
Dread Return
25%inclusion248 decks989 decks
16%synergy
Victimize
23%inclusion228 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Beacon of Creation
18%inclusion182 decks989 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Witch-king
18%inclusion181 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Three Visits
18%inclusion178 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Patriarch's Bidding
17%inclusion172 decks989 decks
15%synergy
Explore
16%inclusion161 decks989 decks
12%synergy
Splendid Reclamation
15%inclusion151 decks989 decks
12%synergy
Buried Alive
15%inclusion151 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Farseek
15%inclusion147 decks989 decks
-4%synergy
Life from the Loam
15%inclusion144 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion134 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Bloodline Bidding
11%inclusion14 decks125 decks
5%synergy
Kindred Dominance
11%inclusion108 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Summer Bloom
10%inclusion103 decks989 decks
10%synergy
Crippling Fear
10%inclusion99 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion68 decks682 decks
3%synergy
Reanimate
10%inclusion97 decks989 decks
-10%synergy
Toxic Deluge
10%inclusion97 decks989 decks
-11%synergy
Terror Tide
9.4%inclusion93 decks989 decks
8%synergy
Flare of Cultivation
9.1%inclusion90 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Dryad's Revival
9.0%inclusion89 decks989 decks
8%synergy
Triumph of the Hordes
8.6%inclusion85 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Feed the Swarm
8.3%inclusion82 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Mulch
7.9%inclusion78 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Overwhelming Stampede
7.7%inclusion76 decks989 decks
2%synergy
Casualties of War
6.9%inclusion68 decks989 decks
-4%synergy
Dig Up
6.4%inclusion63 decks989 decks
3%synergy
Regrowth
6.2%inclusion61 decks989 decks
3%synergy
Far Wanderings
6.0%inclusion59 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Skullclamp
46%inclusion455 decks989 decks
15%synergy
Hedge Shredder
33%inclusion267 decks803 decks
28%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
33%inclusion326 decks989 decks
14%synergy
Altar of Dementia
28%inclusion277 decks989 decks
21%synergy
Perpetual Timepiece
23%inclusion224 decks989 decks
19%synergy
Herald's Horn
16%inclusion159 decks989 decks
12%synergy
Conduit of Worlds
16%inclusion158 decks989 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16%inclusion157 decks989 decks
-9%synergy
Exploration Broodship
15%inclusion45 decks293 decks
14%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
15%inclusion146 decks989 decks
10%synergy
Lightning Greaves
12%inclusion123 decks989 decks
-10%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
12%inclusion120 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Maskwood Nexus
11%inclusion105 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Door of Destinies
10%inclusion101 decks989 decks
8%synergy
Banner of Kinship
9.2%inclusion63 decks686 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Incubator
8.2%inclusion81 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
6.9%inclusion68 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Matzalantli, the Great Door
6.6%inclusion65 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Coat of Arms
6.2%inclusion61 decks989 decks
2%synergy
Desecrated Tomb
5.2%inclusion51 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Insidious Roots
43%inclusion429 decks989 decks
32%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
33%inclusion329 decks989 decks
10%synergy
Exploration
30%inclusion295 decks989 decks
26%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
28%inclusion265 decks936 decks
20%synergy
The Hunger Tide Rises
27%inclusion253 decks939 decks
25%synergy
Out of the Tombs
24%inclusion236 decks989 decks
21%synergy
Verdant Succession
23%inclusion227 decks989 decks
23%synergy
Deadbridge Chant
21%inclusion209 decks989 decks
16%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
13%inclusion131 decks989 decks
10%synergy
Druid Class
13%inclusion124 decks989 decks
11%synergy
Deathreap Ritual
12%inclusion123 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Beastmaster Ascension
11%inclusion106 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
8.7%inclusion86 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Case of the Locked Hothouse
7.3%inclusion72 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Teval's Judgment
7.2%inclusion31 decks428 decks
5%synergy
Doubling Season
7.2%inclusion71 decks989 decks
-10%synergy
Mortal Combat
6.5%inclusion64 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Dredger's Insight
6.3%inclusion33 decks524 decks
5%synergy
Undergrowth Recon
5.7%inclusion56 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
5.7%inclusion56 decks989 decks
-8%synergy
Grave Pact
5.6%inclusion55 decks989 decks
-3%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
5.4%inclusion53 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Planeswalkers
Vraska, Golgari Queen
10%inclusion97 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Wrenn and Seven
6.0%inclusion59 decks989 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Swarmyard
62%inclusion612 decks989 decks
47%synergy
Bojuka Bog
45%inclusion447 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
28%inclusion276 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Tranquil Thicket
24%inclusion239 decks989 decks
16%synergy
Three Tree City
23%inclusion206 decks884 decks
12%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion218 decks989 decks
11%synergy
Barren Moor
22%inclusion217 decks989 decks
14%synergy
Lotus Field
21%inclusion204 decks989 decks
19%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
19%inclusion184 decks989 decks
-4%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
17%inclusion171 decks989 decks
2%synergy
Command Beacon
16%inclusion163 decks989 decks
13%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
16%inclusion163 decks989 decks
-2%synergy
Eumidian Hatchery
16%inclusion48 decks293 decks
15%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
15%inclusion151 decks989 decks
8%synergy
Shifting Woodland
15%inclusion139 decks939 decks
5%synergy
Buried Ruin
13%inclusion126 decks989 decks
11%synergy
Grim Backwoods
13%inclusion124 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Strip Mine
11%inclusion107 decks989 decks
8%synergy
Reliquary Tower
9.3%inclusion92 decks989 decks
-14%synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
9.2%inclusion91 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Ghost Quarter
8.2%inclusion81 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Evendo, Waking Haven
7.9%inclusion23 decks292 decks
2%synergy
High Market
7.8%inclusion77 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
7.6%inclusion75 decks989 decks
-16%synergy
Hidden Nursery
7.1%inclusion70 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Coffers
7.1%inclusion70 decks989 decks
-2%synergy
Emergence Zone
6.9%inclusion68 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Hidden Necropolis
6.9%inclusion68 decks989 decks
6%synergy
The Hunter Maze
6.2%inclusion61 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
5.8%inclusion57 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Temple of the False God
5.7%inclusion56 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
5.4%inclusion16 decks294 decks
2%synergy
Cryptic Caves
5.2%inclusion51 decks989 decks
5%synergy
The Dross Pits
5.1%inclusion50 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
75%inclusion745 decks989 decks
-4%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion604 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Golgari Signet
27%inclusion265 decks989 decks
0%synergy
Patchwork Banner
20%inclusion176 decks868 decks
13%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
15%inclusion147 decks989 decks
-10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
8.1%inclusion80 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Golgari Keyrune
8.0%inclusion79 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Firdoch Core
7.3%inclusion9 decks124 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Forest
99%inclusion983 decks989 decks
2%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion974 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Command Tower
84%inclusion835 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
58%inclusion572 decks989 decks
-5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
55%inclusion540 decks989 decks
27%synergy
Path of Ancestry
53%inclusion527 decks989 decks
30%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
47%inclusion464 decks989 decks
27%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
46%inclusion459 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
39%inclusion389 decks989 decks
-7%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
38%inclusion377 decks989 decks
-14%synergy
Fabled Passage
35%inclusion347 decks989 decks
22%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
34%inclusion337 decks989 decks
-4%synergy
Tainted Wood
33%inclusion329 decks989 decks
-11%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
32%inclusion319 decks989 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
30%inclusion301 decks989 decks
15%synergy
Underground Mortuary
30%inclusion300 decks989 decks
9%synergy
Deathcap Glade
27%inclusion263 decks989 decks
-3%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
27%inclusion263 decks989 decks
15%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
25%inclusion248 decks989 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of Malady
25%inclusion248 decks989 decks
-9%synergy
Twilight Mire
23%inclusion224 decks989 decks
-15%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
21%inclusion206 decks989 decks
16%synergy
Vernal Fen
17%inclusion51 decks293 decks
2%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion166 decks989 decks
-11%synergy
Revitalizing Repast
16%inclusion149 decks939 decks
-4%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
16%inclusion155 decks989 decks
3%synergy
Haunted Mire
15%inclusion145 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Jungle Hollow
15%inclusion144 decks989 decks
-9%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
13%inclusion129 decks989 decks
-6%synergy
Festering Thicket
12%inclusion36 decks293 decks
5%synergy
Wastewood Verge
12%inclusion64 decks537 decks
-6%synergy
Blighted Woodland
11%inclusion112 decks989 decks
7%synergy
Fell the Profane
11%inclusion102 decks942 decks
2%synergy
Viridescent Bog
11%inclusion107 decks989 decks
-11%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
10%inclusion102 decks989 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
10%inclusion101 decks989 decks
8%synergy
Cavern of Souls
8.4%inclusion83 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
8.0%inclusion79 decks989 decks
5%synergy
Woodland Chasm
7.9%inclusion78 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Blooming Marsh
7.4%inclusion73 decks989 decks
-7%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.2%inclusion71 decks989 decks
2%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
7.2%inclusion71 decks989 decks
-2%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
6.9%inclusion68 decks989 decks
-3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
6.8%inclusion67 decks989 decks
1%synergy
Bayou
6.4%inclusion63 decks989 decks
-5%synergy
Escape Tunnel
6.1%inclusion60 decks989 decks
4%synergy
Urza's Cave
5.7%inclusion55 decks964 decks
4%synergy
Misty Rainforest
5.6%inclusion55 decks989 decks
-1%synergy
Windswept Heath
5.5%inclusion54 decks989 decks
-2%synergy
Marsh Flats
5.1%inclusion50 decks989 decks
-1%synergy