Search for Blex

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put any number of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 3 life for each card you put into your hand this way.

Blex, Vexing Pest

Other Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders you control get +1/+1.
When Blex dies, you gain 4 life.

Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex

Giant Ankheg

Trample
Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
Other creatures you control have trample and ward {2}.

Ebony Fly

This artifact enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}: Roll a d6. Until end of turn, you may have this artifact become an X/X Insect artifact creature with flying, where X is the result.
Whenever this artifact attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.

Unlikely Aid

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Symbiotic Beast

When this creature dies, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Rush of Vitality

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage dealt by that creature also causes its controller to gain that much life, and it can't be destroyed by damage or effects that say "destroy.")

Golgari Signet

Outmuscle

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then it fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Adamant — If at least three green mana was spent to cast this spell, the creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.

Trigon of Infestation

This artifact enters with three charge counters on it.
{G}{G}, {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
{2}, {T}, Remove a charge counter from this artifact: Create a 1/1 green Phyrexian Insect creature token with infect.

Jhoira's Toolbox

{2}: Regenerate target artifact creature.

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Decimator Beetle

When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever this creature attacks, remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature you control and put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature defending player controls.

Canoptek Tomb Sentinel

Vigilance
Exile Cannon — When this creature enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent.
Unearth {7} ({7}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Firefly

Flying
{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Dross Hopper

Sacrifice a creature: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Phantom Nantuko

Trample
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creeping Renaissance

Choose a permanent type. Return all cards of the chosen type from your graveyard to your hand.
Flashback {5}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Return of the Wildspeaker

Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Golgari Keyrune

{T}: Add {B} or {G}.
{B}{G}: This artifact becomes a 2/2 black and green Insect artifact creature with deathtouch until end of turn.

Scute Mob

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

Ferropede

This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a counter from target permanent.

Distended Mindbender

Emerge {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose from it a nonland card with mana value 3 or less and a card with mana value 4 or greater. That player discards those cards.

Infested Roothold

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Protection from artifacts
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, you may create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Robber Fly

Flying
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards.

Nessian Hornbeetle

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control another creature with power 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Gigantiform

Kicker {4}
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 8/8 and has trample.
When this Aura enters, if it was kicked, you may search your library for a card named Gigantiform, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Living Hive

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

Accelerated Mutation

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the highest mana value among permanents you control.

Halo Scarab

{2}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Hiveheart Shaman

Whenever this creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card that doesn't share a land type with a land you control, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
{5}{G}: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Inscription of Abundance

Kicker {2}{G}
Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Target player gains X life, where X is the greatest power among creatures they control.
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.

Gleancrawler

({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, return to your hand all creature cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Nantuko Mentor

{2}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.

Rise of the Ants

Create two 3/3 green Insect creature tokens. You gain 2 life.
Flashback {6}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Vorapede

Vigilance, trample
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Abrade

Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.

Stag Beetle

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of other creatures on the battlefield.

Pestilence

At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.
{B}: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

The Hive

{5}, {T}: Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wasp. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Ant Queen

{1}{G}: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Killer Bees

Flying
{G}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Symbiotic Elf

When Symbiotic Elf dies, create two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Woodland Guidance

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Clash with an opponent. If you win, untap all Forests you control. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)
Exile Woodland Guidance.

Rust Tick

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
{1}, {T}: Tap target artifact. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.

Lure of Prey

Cast this spell only if an opponent cast a creature spell this turn.
You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Nantuko Cultivator

When this creature enters, you may discard any number of land cards. Put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature and draw that many cards.

Grave-Shell Scarab

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
Dredge 1 (If you would draw a card, you may mill a card instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Fretwork Colony

This creature can't block.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you lose 1 life.

Phyrexian Swarmlord

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 green Phyrexian Insect creature token with infect for each poison counter your opponents have.

Forest

Nullmage Advocate

{T}: Return two target cards from an opponent's graveyard to their hand. Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Old Rutstein

When Old Rutstein enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If a land card is milled this way, create a Treasure token. If a creature card is milled this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If a noncreature, nonland card is milled this way, create a Blood token.

Have

Xira, the Golden Sting

Flying, haste
Whenever Xira attacks, put an egg counter on another target creature without an egg counter on it. When that creature dies, if it has an egg counter on it, draw a card and create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.

Prodigious Growth

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +7/+7 and has trample.

Without Weakness

Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.)
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Thornscape Familiar

Red spells and white spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Oblivion's Hunger

Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. Draw a card if that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy the creature.)

Hornet Cannon

{3}, {T}: Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying and haste named Hornet. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.

Saber Ants

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Caustic Caterpillar

{1}{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Carrion Call

Create two 1/1 green Phyrexian Insect creature tokens with infect. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Spring-Leaf Avenger

Ninjutsu {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

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.)

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.

Armor of Shadows

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Smell Fear

Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Target creature you control fights up to one target creature you don't control.

Mausoleum Secrets

Undergrowth — Search your library for a black card with mana value less than or equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Mortician Beetle

Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

One Dozen Eyes

Choose one —
• Create a 5/5 green Beast creature token.
• Create five 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
Entwine {G}{G}{G} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

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.)

Crawling Infestation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere during your turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Wirefly Hive

{3}, {T}: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, create a 2/2 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wirefly. If you lose the flip, destroy all permanents named Wirefly.

Vitality Charm

Choose one —
• Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
• Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
• Regenerate target Beast.

Dread

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.
When Dread is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Xantid Swarm

Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player can't cast spells this turn.

Unyaro Bees

Flying
{G}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
{3}{G}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Blightbeetle

Protection from green (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything green.)
Creatures your opponents control can't have +1/+1 counters put on them.

Skylasher

Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Reach, protection from blue

Mantis Engine

{2}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
{2}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Moldgraf Monstrosity

Trample
When this creature dies, exile it, then return two creature cards at random from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Dig Up

Cleave {1}{B}{B}{G} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Search your library for a [basic land] card, [reveal it,] put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Song of Freyalise

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Until your next turn, creatures you control gain "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance, trample, and indestructible until end of turn.

Nest of Scarabs

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

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.

Worm Harvest

Create a 1/1 black and green Worm creature token for each land card in your graveyard.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Swarm Shambler

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
{1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Grist, the Hunger Tide

As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

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.)

Foundry Hornet

Flying
When this creature enters, if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Deadbridge Goliath

Scavenge {4}{G}{G} ({4}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Crawling Sensation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Haywire Mite

When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.

Kraul Harpooner

Reach
Undergrowth — When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature you don't control with flying. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard, then you may have this creature fight that creature.

Carrion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 0/1 black Insect creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Dragonlair Spider

Reach
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Evolution Sage

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Mountain

Canoptek Scarab Swarm

Flying
Feeder Mandibles — When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard. For each artifact or land card exiled this way, create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying.

Giant Adephage

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