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Alien Invasion

by @paradigm103 cards · 102 made on PipGlyph

Alien Invasion

  • Xenarch, Hivemind of the Void
  • Luminous Broodmother
  • Total Biomass Conversion
  • Genetic Reconstruction Bay
  • Feeding Frenzy

Cards, 103 in the deck

  • Xenarch, Hivemind of the Void

  • Chittering Larva
  • Larval Infiltrator
  • Nest Burrower
  • Spore Skitterer
  • Swarm Scout
  • Void Larvae
  • Carapace Cleric
  • Carapace Medic
  • Chitin Guardian
  • Chitin Healer
  • Chittering Collective Scout
  • Chittering Drone
  • Drainpipe Scuttler
  • Exoskeleton Leech
  • Ichor Feaster
  • Neural Leech
  • Parasitic Feeder
  • Proboscis Vampire
  • Sanctified Guardian
  • Swarm Infiltrator
  • Thorax Ripper
  • Void-Born Parasite
  • Aether Leech
  • Exoskeleton Drone
  • Hive Skirmisher
  • Hiveward Sentinel
  • Hopeful Survivor
  • Husk Feeder
  • Lightbringer Sentinel
  • Luminous Broodmother
  • Mandible Reaver
  • Phalanx Enforcer
  • Radiant Defender
  • Sanctified Exterminator
  • Sanctum Infiltrator
  • Swarm Chaplain
  • Venom Caste Infiltrator
  • Void Sentinel
  • Brood Harvester
  • Gestation Horror
  • Hive Gorger
  • Venom Caste Executioner
  • Venom Caste Reaper
  • Carapace Broodmother
  • Celestial Broodlord
  • Exoskeleton Archangel
  • Matriarch's Attendant
  • Sanctum Lifeguard
  • Alabaster Warden
  • Exoskeleton Harvester
  • Hive Matriarch
  • Radiant Swarmcaller
  • Swarm Obliterator
  • Swarm Titan

  • Consumption Spiral
  • Void-Touched Mutation
  • Drain the Flesh
  • Extraction Protocol
  • Feeding Frenzy
  • Neural Parasite Injection
  • Parasitic Implantation
  • Bastion Defense Protocol
  • Emergency Evacuation
  • Sterilization Protocol

  • Carapace Scrying
  • Exoskeleton Harvest
  • Venom Caste Infiltration
  • Neural Siphon
  • Venom Caste Executor
  • Biomass Reclamation
  • Total Biomass Conversion
  • Planetary Assimilation
  • Colony Convergence
  • Hive Consecration
  • Sanctuary Station Collapse

  • Sol Ring
  • Drone Incubation Chamber
  • Genetic Reconstruction Bay
  • Adaptive Exoskeleton
  • Quarantine Field Generator
  • Broodship Altar
  • Chittering Collective's Monument

  • Brood Catalyst
  • Void Spore Infection
  • Hive Communion
  • Larvae Gestation
  • Parasitic Cocoon
  • Swarm Coronation
  • Chrysalis Ward
  • Hive Mind Communion
  • Hive Mind Link
  • Medical Bay Infestation
  • Metabolic Conversion
  • Swarm Sanctuary
  • Feeding Frenzy Nexus
  • Venom Caste Ritual
  • Exoskeleton Bastion
  • Swarm Ascendancy
  • Hive Ascendancy

  • Breeding Pit of the Swarm
  • Quarantine Station Remnant

  • Stonemark Warden
  • 103 of 100 cards, over the format's size
  • Commander: Xenarch, Hivemind of the Void
Analytics

Deck breakdown

The curve, colors, types and keywords, and every card by status: imported, edited, remixed or original.

Deck size103Commander + mainboard, quantities counted
Lands2Kept off the curve and the averages
Average mana value3.1Nonland cards — lands excluded
Median mana value3Nonland cards — lands excluded

Mana curve

101 nonland cards in the main deck and commander, by mana value — 2 lands left off.
  • Creatures
  • Other spells

Pick a bar to see its cards in the list above. The arrow keys move between the bars.

Card types

Every card in the main deck and commander — an artifact creature counts as a creature.
Cards by type
TypeCardsShare
Creatures5553%
Instants1010%
Sorceries1212%
Artifacts77%
Enchantments1717%
Lands22%

Color symbols and sources

Each color’s share of the symbols in the costs against its share of the mana sources. A source is a land or a PipGlyph card whose text adds mana; a real card not made on PipGlyph counts only as a land.
Color symbols in costs against mana sources, per color
ColorSymbolsShare of symbolsSourcesShare of sources
White6353%150%
Black5547%150%

Rarity

By each card's printed rarity (an edited card's own).
Cards by rarity
RarityCardsShare
Mythic44%
Rare2524%
Uncommon3938%
Common3534%

Composition

Every card by status: imported, edited, remixed or original.
Cards by status
StatusCardsShare
Imported, not changed yet1<1%
Edited imports1<1%
Remixes00%
Originals10198%

Keywords

Read from the rules text of 102 of the 103 cards: the ones made on PipGlyph (a real card’s text isn’t on the page). Counted in cards.
Keywords, by the cards that print them
KeywordCardsShare
Flying (evergreen)2323%
Lifelink (evergreen)2020%
Vigilance (evergreen)99%
Deathtouch (evergreen)33%
Enchant (evergreen)22%
First strike (evergreen)22%
Flash (evergreen)22%
Equip (evergreen)1<1%
Haste (evergreen)1<1%
Menace (evergreen)1<1%
Scry (action)1<1%
Try it

Playtest

The odds of a shuffled mainboard, and a hand to try.

Draw odds

From the 102-card mainboard (the commander waits in the command zone), for a kept opening seven. In multiplayer every player draws on their first turn, so the odds are on the draw.

Lands by turn

The chance of at least that many lands among the cards seen by each turn, on the draw — 2 lands in the library. Outlined: a land for every turn so far.

Chance of at least 1 to 7 lands by turn, on the draw
Turn1+ lands2+ lands3+ lands4+ lands5+ lands6+ lands7+ lands
Turn 18 cards15%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%
Turn 29 cards17%<1%0%0%0%0%0%
Turn 310 cards19%<1%0%0%0%0%0%
Turn 411 cards21%1%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%
Turn 512 cards22%1%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%
Turn 613 cards24%2%0%0%0%0%0%
Turn 714 cards26%2%<1%<1%<1%<1%<1%

Drawing a card

Chance to draw Adaptive Exoskeleton by turn, on the draw
Turn 1Turn 2Turn 3Turn 4Turn 5Turn 6Turn 7
8%9%10%11%12%13%14%

In the opening seven: 7%

Sample hand

Seven cards from the shuffled mainboard. A mulligan is the London one: seven new cards, then one to the bottom for each mulligan — the first is free in Commander. A kept hand takes no more mulligans.

A seven-card hand from the 102-card mainboard.