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Space Hive
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Est deck cost: $443.81
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Commander

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Vrestin, Menoptra Leader

Flying Vrestin enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When Vrestin enters, create X 1/1 green and white Alien Insect creature tokens with flying. Whenever you attack with one or more Insects, put a +1/+1 counter on each of them.

Creature
Vrestin, Menoptra Leader (who) 1042

Commander

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Counters

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Andúril, Narsil Reforged

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) Whenever equipped creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. If you have the city's blessing, put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control instead. Equip {3}

Artifact
Andúril, Narsil Reforged (ltc) 491
Branching Evolution

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.

Enchantment
Branching Evolution (pip) 195
Good-Fortune Unicorn

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Creature
Good-Fortune Unicorn (fdn) 240
Hardened Scales

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Enchantment
Hardened Scales (ktk) 133
Innkeeper's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {G}: Level 2 Permanents you control with counters on them have ward {1}. {3}{G}: Level 3 If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
Juniper Order Ranger

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Juniper Order Ranger (moc) 330
Master Chef

Commander creatures you own have "This creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it" and "Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them."

Enchantment
Master Chef (clb) 241
Ouroboroid

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Ouroboroid (eoe) 201
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. {1}{G}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact or creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artifact
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire (mom) 372
Sphere Grid

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. Unlock Ability — Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have reach and trample.

Enchantment
Sphere Grid (fic) 70
The Earth Crystal

Green spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead. {4}{G}{G}, {T}: Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.

Artifact
The Earth Crystal (fin) 184

Counters

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Draw

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Abundance

If you would draw a card, you may instead choose land or nonland and reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

Enchantment
Abundance (40k) 210
Cut a Deal

Each opponent draws a card, then you draw a card for each opponent who drew a card this way.

Sorcery
Cut a Deal (blc) 105
Greater Good

Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards.

Enchantment
Greater Good (mb2) 207
Harmonize

Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Harmonize (dsc) 182
Inspiring Call

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (fic) 310
Lifecrafter's Bestiary

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay {G}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Lifecrafter's Bestiary (mkc) 231
Ohran Frostfang

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Frostfang (cmm) 650
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Toski, Bearer of Secrets (sld) 1930
Tribute to the World Tree

Whenever a creature you control enters, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Enchantment
Tribute to the World Tree (mom) 211

Draw

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Evasion

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Bower Passage

Creatures with flying can't block creatures you control.

Enchantment
Bower Passage (avr) 170

Evasion

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Finisher

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End-Raze Forerunners

Vigilance, trample, haste When this creature enters, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance and trample until end of turn.

Creature
End-Raze Forerunners (blc) 214
Overwhelming Stampede

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Sorcery
Overwhelming Stampede (ltc) 254

Finisher

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Land

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Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Bountiful Promenade (plst) BBD-81
Branchloft Pathway

Land
Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 258Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 258
Brushland

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Brushland (blc) 295
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (who) 265
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Demolition Field (m3c) 335
Emergence Zone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Emergence Zone (war) 245
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (who) 275
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (pw21) 4
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (j22) 112
Gavony Township

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{G}{W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Land
Gavony Township (isd) 239
Hushwood Verge

{T}: Add {G}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control a Forest or a Plains.

Land
Hushwood Verge (pdsk) 261p
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (tdc) 380
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.

Land
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood (blc) 320
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 278
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (lcc) 349
Sanctum of Eternity

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Return target commander you own from the battlefield to your hand. Activate only during your turn.

Land
Sanctum of Eternity (c19) 59
Sungrass Prairie

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{W}.

Land
Sungrass Prairie (tdc) 397
Swarmyard

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Land
Swarmyard (blc) 133
Temple of Plenty

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Plenty (pip) 309
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 480

Land

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Landfall

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Scute Swarm

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If you control six or more lands, create a token that's a copy of this creature instead.

Creature
Scute Swarm (znr) 308

Landfall

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Protection

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Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn. • Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.

Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
Asceticism

Creatures you control have hexproof. {1}{G}: Regenerate target creature. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Enchantment
Asceticism (ltc) 233
Eldrazi Monument

Creatures you control get +1/+1 and have flying and indestructible. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. If you can't, sacrifice this artifact.

Artifact
Eldrazi Monument (plst) CMA-216
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (onc) 71
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (who) 243
Restoration Magic

Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Cure — {0} — Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. • Cura — {1} — Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 3 life. • Curaga — {3}{W} — Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 6 life.

Instant
Restoration Magic (fin) 30
Together Forever

When this enchantment enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) {1}: Choose target creature with a counter on it. When that creature dies this turn, return that card to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Together Forever (fic) 257
Unbreakable Formation

Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.

Instant
Unbreakable Formation (sld) 310

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (who) 239
Avacyn's Pilgrim

{T}: Add {W}.

Creature
Avacyn's Pilgrim (isd) 170
Explosive Vegetation

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Explosive Vegetation (drc) 112
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (who) 232
Horizon Explorer

Lands you control enter untapped. Whenever you attack a player, create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

Creature
Horizon Explorer (eoc) 15
Kami of Whispered Hopes

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Kami of Whispered Hopes (mom) 383
Llanowar Tribe

{T}: Add {G}{G}{G}.

Creature
Llanowar Tribe (h1r) 22
Moss Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}.

Artifact
Moss Diamond (clb) 448
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (sld) 867
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (m3c) 240
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (m3c) 243
Sanctum Weaver

{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

Creature Enchantment
Sanctum Weaver (plst) MH2-171
Skyshroud Claim

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Skyshroud Claim (cmm) 321
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (who) 245
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (who) 235
Unbound Flourishing

Whenever you cast a permanent spell with a mana cost that contains {X}, double the value of X. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell or activate an ability, if that spell's mana cost or that ability's activation cost contains {X}, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
Unbound Flourishing (plst) MH1-189

Ramp

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Removal

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Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (pip) 156
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (who) 228
Everything Comes to Dust

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Exile all creatures except those that share a creature type with a creature that convoked this spell, all artifacts, and all enchantments.

Sorcery
Everything Comes to Dust (who) 19
Nantuko Vigilante

Morph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Nantuko Vigilante (plst) LGN-132
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (who) 210
Reclamation Sage

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Reclamation Sage (fdn) 340
Scavenging Ooze

{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Scavenging Ooze (m21) 318
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (tdc) 132

Removal

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Tokens

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Beacon of Creation

Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each Forest you control. Shuffle Beacon of Creation into its owner's library.

Sorcery
Beacon of Creation (5dn) 82
Broodhatch Nantuko

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens. Morph {2}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Broodhatch Nantuko (mkc) 167
Iridescent Hornbeetle

At the beginning of your end step, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each +1/+1 counter you've put on creatures under your control this turn.

Creature
Iridescent Hornbeetle (znr) 187
March of the World Ooze

Creatures you control have base power and toughness 6/6 and are Oozes in addition to their other types. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if it's not their turn, you create a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Enchantment
March of the World Ooze (dft) 402
Overlord of the Mistmoors

Impending 4—{2}{W}{W} (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with four time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.) Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, create two 2/1 white Insect creature tokens with flying.

Creature Enchantment
Overlord of the Mistmoors (dsk) 23
Renewed Solidarity

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+0. At the beginning of your end step, for each token you control of the chosen type that entered this turn, create a token that's a copy of it.

Enchantment
Renewed Solidarity (drc) 23
Second Harvest

For each token you control, create a token that's a copy of that permanent.

Instant
Second Harvest (blc) 123
Hornet Queen

Flying, deathtouch When this creature enters, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch.

Creature
Hornet Queen (pip) 350

Tokens

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Maybeboard

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Acidic Slime

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) When this creature enters, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.

Creature
Acidic Slime (cmm) 270
Banner of Kinship

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. This artifact enters with a fellowship counter on it for each creature you control of the chosen type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1 for each fellowship counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Banner of Kinship (fdn) 127
Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature
Beast Whisperer (clu) 158
Champion of Lambholt

Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block creatures you control. Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Champion of Lambholt (moc) 293
Concordant Crossroads

All creatures have haste.

Enchantment
Concordant Crossroads (2x2) 141
Duskshell Crawler

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Duskshell Crawler (fic) 301
Elemental Bond

Whenever a creature you control with power 3 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Elemental Bond (tdc) 254
Eternal Witness

When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Eternal Witness (cmm) 286
Felidar Retreat

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Create a 2/2 white Cat Beast creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Felidar Retreat (cmm) 821
Giant Adephage

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature
Giant Adephage (dsc) 179
Living Hive

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Creature
Living Hive (hop) 75
Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Creature
Mikaeus, the Lunarch (j25) 225
Pathbreaker Ibex

Whenever this creature attacks, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Pathbreaker Ibex (cma) 132
Rite of Harmony

Whenever a creature or enchantment you control enters this turn, draw a card. Flashback {2}{G}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Rite of Harmony (mid) 236
Scute Mob

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control five or more lands, put four +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Scute Mob (c18) 161
Shamanic Revelation

Draw a card for each creature you control. Ferocious — You gain 4 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Shamanic Revelation (blc) 237

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New Set Cards to Add

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Emergency Eject

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

Instant
Emergency Eject (eoe) 14

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From many, domination.”"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🧬 Game Plan"},{"insert":"\nUse Vrestin’s X-cost insect swarm ability to flood the board with insects, stacking +1/+1 counters, token synergies, and value from swarm-centric payoffs."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Amplify each insect with Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, and Iridescent Hornbeetle to multiply your board exponentially."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Draw cards passively and aggressively using Elemental Bond, Tribute to the World Tree, and Greater Good."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Control the tempo with flexible board wipes, targeted removal, and protection suites that make you resilient to disruption."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Win with an overwhelming combat swing, alpha strike from Overwhelming Stampede or End-Raze Forerunners, or by making your army unblockable."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"✅ Pros"},{"insert":"\n\n✅ Thematic and unique – very few decks lean this hard into insects and +1/+1 counter scaling"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"✅ Strong resilience with Eldrazi Monument, Asceticism, Heroic Intervention, and Akroma’s Will"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"✅ Powerful scaling and card draw keeps your hand full and board growing"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"✅ Swarm-focused but flexible – multiple paths to victory"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"✅ Friendly and flavorful – no stax, no hard combos, minimal salt"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⚠️ Cons"},{"insert":"\n\n❌ Vulnerable to mass exile or bounce effects (e.g., Cyclonic Rift, Farewell)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"❌ Weak to stack-based infinite combos (no countermagic)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"❌ Sometimes needs setup time to rebuild after a full wipe"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"❌ Scavenging Ooze is your only grave hate – can be a gap if pod is grave-heavy"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🔁 Key Synergies & Value Loops"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🐜 Swarm Scaling Engine"},{"insert":"\nVrestin + Branching Evolution + Hornbeetle + any token generation\n= every token creates value → every counter makes tokens → snowball swarm.\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🌿 Draw on ETB / Counter Placement"},{"insert":"\nTribute to the World Tree: draw for every large token"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Elemental Bond: most tokens enter 3+ power"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Greater Good: sac giant bugs to refill hand"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Toski: combat draw that’s hard to stop"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🛡️ Protection Web"},{"insert":"\nAsceticism and Eldrazi Monument give you creature resilience"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lightning Greaves, Akroma’s Will, and Restoration Magic keep Vrestin and key engines alive"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Emergence Zone lets you rebuild at instant speed or alpha strike out of nowhere"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🏆 Win Conditions"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. Alpha Strike"},{"insert":"\n\nBuild 10+ insects → cast Overwhelming Stampede or End-Raze Forerunners → kill entire table in one swing."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2. Combat Evasion"},{"insert":"\n\nUse Champion of Lambholt, Bower Passage, or Rogue’s Passage to make swarm unblockable."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3. Explosive Swarm Loops"},{"insert":"\n\nSecond Harvest or March of the World Ooze combined with counter doubling turns a board of bugs into an unstoppable storm."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Follow up with Concordant Crossroads to attack immediately."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"💡 Tips & Tricks"},{"insert":"\n\nVrestin doesn’t need to be cast on curve. Set up your board first, then cast Vrestin with X = 6+."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Second Harvest is not a win-more card — it’s often the win."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Restoration Magic can protect a permanent or re-use an ETB like Esika’s Chariot or Beacon of Creation."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cut a Deal is political bait — you draw more, while making the pod happy temporarily."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Swarmyard can save Hornet Queen or other bugs post-wipe — don’t overlook this!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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