Card text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
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Mana cost
{2}{G}
Power / toughness
0/2
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Card text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Hornet Nest
Hornet Nest (259) is a Green Creature — Insect from Commander: Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDC). It costs {2}{G}, has mana value 3 and is a 0/2. It is printed at Rare rarity. The one keyword in its text is Defender. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 5 more formats.
Commander: Tarkir: Dragonstorm is a Commander product, released April 2025. Hornet Nest has 4 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Card details
- Card number
- 259
- Set
- Commander: Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDC)
- Set type
- Commander
- Released
- 11 April 2025
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Creature — Insect
- Colour
- Green
- Colour identity
- Green
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Power / toughness
- 0/2
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Hornet Nest
Hornet Nest in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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