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Commander
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Commander

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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.
Legendary Planeswalker - Grist
Grist, the Hunger Tide (sld) 1417

Commander

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Counters

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Adaptive Shimmerer
Flash
This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Insect
Adaptive Shimmerer (iko) 1
Arcbound Stinger
Flying
Modular 1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
Creature Artifact - Insect
Arcbound Stinger (mma) 199
Blade of the Swarm
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature.
• Put target exiled card with warp on the bottom of its owner's library.
Creature - Assassin Insect
Blade of the Swarm (eoe) 90
Bond Beetle
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Creature - Insect
Bond Beetle (m13) 161
Broodguard Elite
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, put its counters on target creature you control.
Warp
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Knight Insect
Broodguard Elite (eoe) 175
Buzzard-Wasp Colony
Flying
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice an artifact or creature. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put its counters on this creature.
Creature - Bird Insect
Buzzard-Wasp Colony (tla) 88
Clockwork Beetle
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Clockwork Beetle (mrd) 153
Deadbridge Goliath
Scavenge
(
, 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.)
Creature - Insect
Deadbridge Goliath (j22) 645
Deadly Grub
Vanishing 3 (This creature enters with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When this creature dies, if it had no time counters on it, create a 6/1 green Insect creature token with shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Insect
Deadly Grub (tsr) 108
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.
Creature - Insect
Decimator Beetle (akh) 197
Drudge Beetle
Scavenge
(
, 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.)
Creature - Insect
Drudge Beetle (rvr) 136
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 - Insect
Duskshell Crawler (fic) 301
Ferropede
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a counter from target permanent.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Ferropede (5dn) 122
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.
Creature - Insect
Fretwork Colony (j25) 443

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Creature

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Acridian
Echo
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
Creature - Insect
Acridian (usg) 230
Anthropede
Reach
When this creature enters, you may discard a card or pay
. When you do, destroy target Room.
Creature - Insect
Anthropede (dsk) 167
Coiling Woodworm
Coiling Woodworm's power is equal to the number of Forests on the battlefield.
Creature - Worm Insect
Coiling Woodworm (nem) 103
Colossapede
Creature - Insect
Colossapede (akh) 161
Deadly Insect
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Insect
Deadly Insect (mmq) 238
Dune Beetle
Creature - Insect
Dune Beetle (j22) 407
Flow of Maggots
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
This creature can't be blocked by non-Wall creatures.
Creature - Insect
Flow of Maggots (ice) 125
Giant Caterpillar
, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying named Butterfly at the beginning of the next end step.
Creature - Insect
Giant Caterpillar (j22) 666
Giant Cockroach
Creature - Insect
Giant Cockroach (9ed) 133
Giant Dustwasp
Flying
Suspend 4—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Creature - Insect
Giant Dustwasp (tsr) 206
Giant Fly
Flying
Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Giant Fly (tle) 107
Giant Mantis
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Creature - Insect
Giant Mantis (bfz) 173
Golgari Longlegs
Creature - Insect
Golgari Longlegs (rtr) 216
Goliath Beetle
Trample
Creature - Insect
Goliath Beetle (uds) 107
Hawkeater Moth
Flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Insect
Hawkeater Moth (usg) 259

Creature

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Cycling

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Chitin Gravestalker
This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature - Warrior Insect
Chitin Gravestalker (dft) 79

Cycling

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Discard

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Brain Weevil
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Sacrifice this creature: Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Insect
Brain Weevil (plst) DDJ-58
Distended Mindbender
Emerge
(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.
Creature - Insect Eldrazi
Distended Mindbender (inr) 3
Gigapede
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard, you may discard a card. If you do, return this card to your hand.
Creature - Insect
Gigapede (ons) 264

Discard

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Drain

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Delta Bloodflies
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, if you control a creature with a counter on it, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Insect
Delta Bloodflies (tdm) 77

Drain

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Draw

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Circuit Mender
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Circuit Mender (blc) 267
Eumidian Wastewaker
Whenever this creature attacks, you and defending player each discard a card or sacrifice a permanent. You draw a card for each land card put into a graveyard this way.
Encore
(
, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Cleric Insect
Eumidian Wastewaker (eoc) 8
Grave-Shell Scarab
, 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.)
Creature - Insect
Grave-Shell Scarab (rav) 211

Draw

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Evasion

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Atraxa's Skitterfang
This creature enters with three oil counters on it.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may remove an oil counter from this creature. When you do, target creature you control gains your choice of flying, vigilance, deathtouch, or lifelink until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Insect Phyrexian
Atraxa's Skitterfang (one) 223
Battlefly Swarm
Flying
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Creature - Insect Phyrexian
Battlefly Swarm (dmu) 81
Bayou Dragonfly
Flying; swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Creature - Insect
Bayou Dragonfly (tmp) 215
Brass Gnat
Flying
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap this creature.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Brass Gnat (tsp) 249
Emerald Dragonfly
Flying
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Emerald Dragonfly (chr) 63
Fog of Gnats
Flying
: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Insect
Fog of Gnats (ulg) 53

Evasion

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Finisher

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Crash of Rhino Beetles
Trample
This creature gets +10/+10 as long as you control ten or more lands.
Creature - Insect
Crash of Rhino Beetles (cmm) 279
Huskburster Swarm
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature card you own in exile and in your graveyard.
Menace, deathtouch
Creature - Elemental Insect
Huskburster Swarm (blb) 98

Finisher

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Infect

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Bilious Skulldweller
Deathtouch
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Creature - Insect Phyrexian
Bilious Skulldweller (one) 83

Infect

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Land

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Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Myriad Landscape
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, 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 (eoc) 169
Overgrown Tomb
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Forest
Overgrown Tomb (ecl) 266
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (hob) 196
Tainted Wood
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Wood (dsc) 305
Underground Mortuary
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Swamp Forest
Underground Mortuary (mkm) 271
Verdant Catacombs
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260

Land

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Landfall

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Caustic Crawler
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target creature get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Caustic Crawler (wwk) 54
Eumidian Terrabotanist
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Druid Insect
Eumidian Terrabotanist (eoe) 180

Landfall

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Mill

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Bloatfly Swarm
Flying
This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to this creature while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage, remove that many +1/+1 counters from it, then give each player a rad counter for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.
Creature - Mutant Insect
Bloatfly Swarm (pip) 42
Carrion Grub
This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard.
When this creature enters, mill four cards. (Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Creature - Insect
Carrion Grub (dsc) 134

Mill

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Protection

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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.
Creature - Insect
Blightbeetle (plst) M20-87
Giant Ankheg
Trample
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Other creatures you control have trample and ward
.
Creature - Insect
Giant Ankheg (clb) 233

Protection

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Pump

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Chainflail Centipede
Whenever this creature or equipped creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Reconfigure
(
: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Creature Artifact - Equipment Insect
Chainflail Centipede (neo) 90

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Ramp

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Altanak, the Thrice-Called
Trample
Whenever Altanak becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, draw a card.
, Discard this card: Return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Legendary Creature - Beast Insect
Altanak, the Thrice-Called (dsk) 166
Gene Pollinator
, Tap an untapped permanent you control: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Insect Robot
Gene Pollinator (eoe) 186
Giant Ladybug
Reach
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Creature - Insect
Giant Ladybug (j22) 39
Golgari Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Golgari Signet (dsc) 246
Halo Scarab
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature Artifact - Insect
Halo Scarab (snc) 239
Horizon Explorer
Lands you control enter untapped.
Whenever you attack a player, create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")
Creature - Scout Insect
Horizon Explorer (eoc) 15
Icetill Explorer
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
You may play lands from your graveyard.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, mill a card.
Creature - Scout Insect
Icetill Explorer (eoe) 192
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128

Ramp

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Recursion

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Brood of Cockroaches
When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return this card to your hand.
Creature - Insect
Brood of Cockroaches (plst) VIS-53
Durable Coilbug
: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Insect
Durable Coilbug (j25) 429
Endless Cockroaches
When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.
Creature - Insect
Endless Cockroaches (j25) 433
Gleancrawler
(
can be paid with either
or
.)
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.
Creature - Horror Insect
Gleancrawler (ddj) 64

Recursion

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Removal

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Ambush Gigapede
Flash
When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Ambush Gigapede (otj) 77
Bane of the Living
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Bane of the Living (c19) 104
Blister Beetle
When this creature enters, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Blister Beetle (ala) 66
Brain Maggot
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Creature Enchantment - Insect
Brain Maggot (jou) 62
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
Vigilance
Exile Cannon — When this creature enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent.
Unearth
(
: 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.)
Creature Artifact - Insect
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel (40k) 152
Carrion Beetles
,
: Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.
Creature - Insect
Carrion Beetles (usg) 122
Carrion Locust
Flying
When this creature enters, exile target card from an opponent's graveyard. If it was a creature card, that player loses 1 life.
Creature - Horror Insect
Carrion Locust (bro) 87
Caustic Caterpillar
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Creature - Insect
Caustic Caterpillar (j22) 86
Caustic Wasps
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact that player controls.
Creature - Insect
Caustic Wasps (mmq) 234
Flesh Burrower
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Flesh Burrower (dsk) 178
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.
Creature - Insect
Foundry Hornet (aer) 59
Haywire Mite
When this creature dies, you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Haywire Mite (soc) 349
Heartstabber Mosquito
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, destroy target creature.
Creature - Insect
Heartstabber Mosquito (j25) 454
Hex Parasite
: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Creature Artifact - Insect Phyrexian
Hex Parasite (nph) 137

Removal

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Sac Outlet

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Comet Crawler
Lifelink
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Horror Insect
Comet Crawler (eoe) 92
Devouring Swarm
Flying
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Insect
Devouring Swarm (j25) 421
Dross Hopper
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Horror Insect Phyrexian
Dross Hopper (j25) 428

Sac Outlet

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Tokens

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Aatchik, Emerald Radian
When Aatchik enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
Whenever another Insect you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Aatchik. Each opponent loses 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Druid Insect
Aatchik, Emerald Radian (dft) 187
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
Flying, menace
Other Insects you control have menace.
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Insect
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger (clu) 24
Ant Queen
: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Creature - Insect
Ant Queen (mm2) 139
Broodhatch Nantuko
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature - Druid Insect
Broodhatch Nantuko (mkc) 167
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.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Canoptek Scarab Swarm (40k) 150
Filigree Crawler
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Creature Artifact - Insect
Filigree Crawler (aer) 150
Fumulus, the Infestation
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever a player sacrifices a nontoken creature, create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
Whenever an Insect, Leech, Slug, or Worm you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Insect
Fumulus, the Infestation (j25) 42
Giant Adephage
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.
Creature - Insect
Giant Adephage (dsc) 179
Hornet Nest
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.)
Creature - Insect
Hornet Nest (tdc) 259
Hornet Queen
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch.
Creature - Insect
Hornet Queen (dsc) 184

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