Tyranid datacards

A free PDF download of a set of unofficial datacards for my favourite faction in Warhammer 40,000, the Tyranids.

• Free PDF download - 68 cards
• Datasheets for every Tyranid unit in the 2023 codex (plus Forgeworld and Legends units)
• Rules and stratagems for each detachment, including the "Grotmas" detachment
• Weapon abilities quick reference
• Core stratagems quick reference
• Includes updated rules from the latest Balance Dataslate (March 2025)

For most people, the "8up" PDF is the one you want: the cards are arranged eight to a sheet of A4. Print it on your home printer, or send it to your local copyshop.

The cards are designed to match a standard poker-size playing card, 63mm × 88mm.

The download includes a couple of other formats, which may be useful if you want to use a professional card printing service:

• PDF: single pages
• PDF: single pages with 3mm bleed & crop marks
• PNG: single pages
• PNG: single pages with 3mm bleed

My name's Will, I'm a web/graphic designer from the UK. You can follow my hobby progress on Bluesky or Instagram.

I made these cards in my spare time because I love playing Tyranids. I want to spend more time focusing on the game, and less time flipping through rulebooks. Official cards are available, but they're unnecessarily huge and they take up way too much space on the gaming table. My cards are a quarter of the size, and retain (basically) all the relevant information.

No, sorry. I would love to be able to, but this set alone took me a very long time to make.

If you want to create your own cards, I've included the design source files, for use with Affinity Publisher 2. It uses the free fonts Barlow and Barlow Semi Condensed. The image texture used in the card header is by Scott Webb, and is freely available from Unsplash.

The correct answer is Unending Swarm (despite the recent nerf).