The difference between the nest and sting is that the nest is highly flavorful, whereas the sting seems to exist solely to show how bad Green is at direct damage, which is a terrible reason to make a card. Heck, White could have direct damage based on similar justification, with a "Thrown Spear" or "Accurate Arrow" or what not. This does mess with the color pie a bit, but it does so with the best of justification - flavor. That trumps most other considerations.
Well there was that time white used its orbital death laser for direct damage but that was Planar Chaos and that doesn't really count.
DAT FLAVOR!!! Seriously though I died laughing when I saw this card and am so happy that it was made. Thanks WotC!!
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Casual Decks WRBoros Aggro (Glorious knights of badassery) RBRakdos Bloodthirst (Undercosted waves of fat s***) URIzzet Talrand/Pyromancer (b/c I hate you) GRGruul Ramp and Stomp (SO FAT. SO FAST. RAWRRR) GBGolgari Birthing Pod (b/c you wanted a challenge. I did warn you this BS is banned though) BWOrzhov Lifegain Aggro (Removal for dayzzz) WGSelesnya Tribal Golem-splicers/token (meh. Needs more upgrades. Perhaps switching to bant?) WUAzorius Flicker (b/c I wanna annoy the f*** outta you) GUSimic Evolve Aggro (Aggro takes a journey to the weird side of the color pie) BUDimir Control (b/c I wanna peel your skin off and flay you within an inch of life before I kill you) URWJeskai Ascendency Tokens (MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA) RWBMardu Warriors (Butcher is da bomb) GU Simic Morph (slow as s*** but oh so fun) WBGAbzan Dredge-animator (PURE EVIL) GWHexproof Aggro (Deal with it. Lemme guess, you cant?)
EDH Decks UBRNekusar (Multiplayer MONSTA. 1v1 Klutz) GRB Prossh (Set up engines. WRECK FACE) GEzuri (Hey so I heard you liked Elves...) UTalrand (Counter. Cantrip. Counter. Cantrip. Repeat till opponents die-- possibly of boredom)
Tiny leaders WUDaxos (basic 3/1 fliers do basic s***. Also Daxos) RWAnax and Cymede (Heroic weenie beats)
Standard RRMONO RED AGGRO (RAWWWRRRR!!!!) WUHeroic Aggro (Easy mode beatstick)
Oh yeah, now we are talking. This is why I love the new core sets (not as much m13 and m14, but this one is NICE). They have to create some flavorful, interesting, stand-alone card that you just want to have in your deck because it is fun, like Cyclops Gladiator and Vengeful Archon.
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Ho sh**.... That card really exist? Swarmyard... I so want it to be legal in standard right now. I want more love for Insect... and maybe Squirrel.
By the way ..... Insect and Spider are typical green pest creature, Rat and Scorpion are black, Goblin(lol pest creature) and Squirrel are red?!? What are blue and white "pest" creature.
EDIT : Weren't an Angel spoiled that gave Indestructibility to an other creature? Anyway don't forget that "Protection" and "Prevent damage" doesn't work well with that dude
By the way ..... Insect and Spider are typical green pest creature, Rat and Scorpion are black, Goblin(lol pest creature) and Squirrel are red?!? What are blue and white "pest" creature.
squirrels are green
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Huey, Dewey and Louie are always dressed in RUG. it is CLEARLY going to be the wedges block Pioneer: WURFaerie fires BRGDragons ModernBGElves WRBurn UR Fires Turns URGift Storm UG Twiddle Storm
LOL, that is one flavorful card! However, realistically the text should read: "Whenever Hornet Nest is dealt damage, put three times that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying, intimidate and deathtouch onto the battlefield." That's not broken right?
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Was it actually confirmed via a picture that we're getting Hornet Queen? The autocard is just showing spoiler text with no picture and it kind of seems odd to have two green 'hornet' rares in the same set that both make the same token.
It makes sense to make more use out of the tokens you are putting into card packs. Only having 1 card make a token is less efficient use of resources.
Kind of funny that Hornet Stinging the Hornet Nest will make one of them fly out.
+ Pariah?
WRBoros Aggro (Glorious knights of badassery)
RBRakdos Bloodthirst (Undercosted waves of fat s***)
URIzzet Talrand/Pyromancer (b/c I hate you)
GRGruul Ramp and Stomp (SO FAT. SO FAST. RAWRRR)
GBGolgari Birthing Pod (b/c you wanted a challenge. I did warn you this BS is banned though)
BWOrzhov Lifegain Aggro (Removal for dayzzz)
WGSelesnya Tribal Golem-splicers/token (meh. Needs more upgrades. Perhaps switching to bant?)
WUAzorius Flicker (b/c I wanna annoy the f*** outta you)
GUSimic Evolve Aggro (Aggro takes a journey to the weird side of the color pie)
BUDimir Control (b/c I wanna peel your skin off and flay you within an inch of life before I kill you)
URWJeskai Ascendency Tokens (MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA)
RWBMardu Warriors (Butcher is da bomb)
GU Simic Morph (slow as s*** but oh so fun)
WBGAbzan Dredge-animator (PURE EVIL)
GWHexproof Aggro (Deal with it. Lemme guess, you cant?)
EDH Decks
UBRNekusar (Multiplayer MONSTA. 1v1 Klutz)
GRB Prossh (Set up engines. WRECK FACE)
GEzuri (Hey so I heard you liked Elves...)
UTalrand (Counter. Cantrip. Counter. Cantrip. Repeat till opponents die-- possibly of boredom)
Tiny leaders
WUDaxos (basic 3/1 fliers do basic s***. Also Daxos)
RWAnax and Cymede (Heroic weenie beats)
Standard
RRMONO RED AGGRO (RAWWWRRRR!!!!)
WUHeroic Aggro (Easy mode beatstick)
beck/call comes to mind...
Nothing
Modern:
Cruel Control, UR Delver, RUG midrange, Akroma's Elfmorial
EDH:
Animar, Chainer, Derevi the Stonehewer Mystic, Nekusar
Melira Pod - Modern
Oh yeah, now we are talking. This is why I love the new core sets (not as much m13 and m14, but this one is NICE). They have to create some flavorful, interesting, stand-alone card that you just want to have in your deck because it is fun, like Cyclops Gladiator and Vengeful Archon.
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Ho sh**.... That card really exist? Swarmyard... I so want it to be legal in standard right now. I want more love for Insect... and maybe Squirrel.
By the way ..... Insect and Spider are typical green pest creature, Rat and Scorpion are black, Goblin(lol pest creature) and Squirrel are red?!? What are blue and white "pest" creature.
EDIT : Weren't an Angel spoiled that gave Indestructibility to an other creature? Anyway don't forget that "Protection" and "Prevent damage" doesn't work well with that dude
Ha! I love Swarmyard / Hornet Nest combo for a truly obnoxious wall.
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Mizzix Of The Izmagnus : wheels on fire... rolling down the road...
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GTitiania, Protector Of ArgothG: Protecting Argoth, by blowing it up!
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Give it indestructible + Warstorm Surge/Pandemonium + damage makes it go infinite
squirrels are green
Pioneer: WURFaerie fires BRGDragons
ModernBGElves WRBurn UR Fires Turns URGift Storm UG Twiddle Storm
Standard
W.I.P.
EDH
WNorn Tokens
It makes sense to make more use out of the tokens you are putting into card packs. Only having 1 card make a token is less efficient use of resources.