Hornet Nest
Hornet Nest: Creature - Insect, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Defender. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Insect
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 0/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 259
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Commander rank
- 2,830 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Defender
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About Hornet Nest
Hornet Nest is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 259 in that set, with art by Adam Paquette. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 0/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Magic 2015 (2014) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
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.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.46 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hornet Nest by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hornet Nest
Hornet Nest has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #180 | Rare | 2024 |
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #189 | Rare | 2022 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #192 | Rare | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #M15-177 | Rare | 2019 |
| Magic 2015 (M15) #177 | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Hornet Nest.
- Hornet Nest’s triggered ability will trigger even if it’s dealt lethal damage. For example, if it’s dealt 7 damage, its ability will trigger and you’ll put seven Insect creature tokens onto the battlefield.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hornet Nest is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.