Played a game against a Tyranid player.

He had a Swarmlord.
Swarmlord has Alien Cunning which says "Whilst the Swarmlord is alive, you must add 1 to any of your reserve rolls."

Q. If the Swarmlord is in reserrve, is it considered to be alive for this rule adding '1' to all reserve rolls?

A. {What say you here}

A: Has the Swarmlord been removed from the game as a casualty? If no, then it is still "alive".

This is similar to the wording of the Autarch and Astropath.

I'd +1 Culven - "alive" means "not dead", in reserve is "not dead", at least until the game ends

Agreed.

He only counts as destroyed (not alive) if he's still in reserve at the end of the game.

Thaks all, that pretty much what we thought!