If this was an older creature, it would read "Summon Swarm."
@Arachnos
>Another way to counter it, besides Pyroclasm and other beard sweepers, is Stifle
>besides Pyroclasm and other beard sweepers
>other beard sweepers
>beard sweepers
Dear God, I really want a beard sweeper. Perhaps for my Hunted Lammasu, his beard probably gets tangled all the time flying away from that horror.
Posted By:
Goatllama
(2/6/2012 9:32:50 AM)
@Drewsel: Which makes it all the more scary. You know WHAT they use those bigass ovipositors for?
http://www.futurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Aphidiuservi4AW_1.jpg
http://bogleech.com/nature/parasitoid-host.jpg
Yeah...
Posted By:
Tiggurix
(5/22/2012 4:43:54 AM)
Venser says PLAY IT! Wizards, please put this in M13, thank you!
Posted By:
Paleopaladin
(5/27/2012 2:16:21 PM)
No coincidence that this came out with the Commander sets - it's a very good card in EDH, where the extra 20 life means you're more likely to come across shenanigans where you'll need multiple creatures capable of trading. Throw in the splash possibilities of each color (white = Reveillark, blink and some recursion, blue = clone, bounce and copying, black = recursion, red = copying) and a lot of EDH decks are going to cherish this card.
Posted By:
JaxsonBateman
(6/15/2012 1:02:42 AM)
Another way to counter it, besides Pyroclasm and other beard sweepers, is Stifle. Suddenly your opponent has spent (4)(G)(G)(G) on a single creature which is by itself (without its kids) strictly worse than Vampire Nighthawk.
And if you're playing with it... for funny shenanigans: Rite of Replication, preferrably kicked. Suddenly, 30 flying deathtouch insects on the battlefield (including the original ones). Lay Coat of Arms for ultimate fun.
For other funny shenanigans: Followed Footsteps. 5 flying deathtouch insects ber turn.
Posted By:
Arachnos
(6/24/2012 4:57:34 PM)
I made a casual Insect deck today and successfully dropped this with two Doubling Seasons and a Parallel Lives out, thanks to Vorapede being annoyingly difficult for them to kill.
32 Hornets. Best game ever.
Posted By:
NARFNra
(7/20/2013 8:51:39 PM)
I’m the kinda guy that likes to set out two-drop death-touch/reach creatures like Deadly Recluse for an early game welcome mat.
Mid game, I’ll add a first strike +4 Angelic Destiny to swing. If there are too many pesky critturs in the way, I’ll add Indrik Umbra’s Lure effect and +4 for a creature based board wipe.
I’ve created an 9/10 first strike death touch flyer with Lure and totem armour for 2 + 4 + 6 mana, that can force 9 different creatures to block it and die, even if they are 8/8 tramplers, in one shot.
Imagine my joy, while building a Roon of the Hidden Realm deck and searching out “enters the battlefield” effects to blink with, when I ran across Hornet Queen.
I love deathtouch. I love it a lot. It tastes even better with first strike. Add an Ulvenwald Tracker like a cherry in your martini. All it needs is protection from Red, and maybe some new ... (see all)
Posted By:
Potrezebie
(6/9/2014 8:09:05 PM)