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better insects
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $188.88
Salt Sum: 23.89
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $4.49
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard. Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) {1}{B/G}: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ({B/G} can be paid with either {B} or {G}.)

Creature
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord (j22) 47
1

Artifact

Quantity: 5Price: $2.53
Golgari Keyrune

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

Artifact
Golgari Keyrune (rtr) 229
1
Golgari Signet

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

Artifact
Golgari Signet (onc) 131
1
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.

Artifact
Hornet Cannon (dde) 28
1
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.)

Artifact
The Hive (10e) 324
1
Trigon of Infestation

Trigon of Infestation enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it. {G}{G}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Trigon of Infestation. {2}, {T}, Remove a charge counter from Trigon of Infestation: Create a 1/1 green Phyrexian Insect creature token with infect.

Artifact
Trigon of Infestation (som) 214
1

Creature

Quantity: 44Price: $70.18
Ant Queen

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

Creature
Ant Queen (mm2) 139
1
Atraxa's Skitterfang

Atraxa's Skitterfang enters the battlefield with three oil counters on it. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may remove an oil counter from Atraxa's Skitterfang. When you do, target creature you control gains your choice of flying, vigilance, deathtouch, or lifelink until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Atraxa's Skitterfang (one) 223
1
Bane of the Living

Morph {X}{B}{B} (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 Bane of the Living is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Creature
Bane of the Living (c19) 104
1
Bilious Skulldweller

Deathtouch Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)

Creature
Bilious Skulldweller (one) 83
1
Blex, Vexing Pest

Creature
Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex (stx) 148Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex (stx) 148
1
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
Blightbeetle (m20) 87
1
Broodhatch Nantuko

Whenever Broodhatch Nantuko 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 (a25) 162
1
Caustic Wasps

Flying Whenever Caustic Wasps deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact that player controls.

Creature
Caustic Wasps (mmq) 234
1
Circuit Mender

When Circuit Mender enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life. When Circuit Mender leaves the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Circuit Mender (j22) 760
1
Coiling Woodworm

Coiling Woodworm's power is equal to the number of Forests on the battlefield.

Creature
Coiling Woodworm (nem) 103
1
Crash of Rhino Beetles

Trample Crash of Rhino Beetles gets +10/+10 as long as you control ten or more lands.

Creature
Crash of Rhino Beetles (c18) 29
1
Deadly Grub

Vanishing 3 (This creature enters the battlefield 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 Deadly Grub 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
Deadly Grub (tsr) 108
1
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.

Creature
Distended Mindbender (emn) 3
1
Ferropede

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

Creature Artifact
Ferropede (5dn) 122
1
Giant Adephage

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

Creature
Giant Adephage (ncc) 293
1
Giant Caterpillar

{G}, Sacrifice Giant Caterpillar: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying named Butterfly at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Giant Caterpillar (vis) 108
1
Hermit Druid

{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Creature
Hermit Druid (plst) STH-108
1
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, Hex Parasite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
1
Hornet Nest

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever Hornet Nest 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
Hornet Nest (scd) 189
1
Hornet Queen

Flying, deathtouch When Hornet Queen enters the battlefield, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch.

Creature
Hornet Queen (scd) 190
1
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.

Creature
Infested Roothold (dst) 76
1
It of the Horrid Swarm

Emerge {6}{G} (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, create two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Creature
It of the Horrid Swarm (emn) 8
1
Living Hive

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

Creature
Living Hive (hop) 75
1
Mortician Beetle

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

Creature
Mortician Beetle (roe) 117
1
Mortipede

{2}{G}: All creatures able to block Mortipede this turn do so.

Creature
Mortipede (rav) 96
1
Nantuko Blightcutter

Protection from black Threshold — Nantuko Blightcutter gets +1/+1 for each black permanent your opponents control as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Creature
Nantuko Blightcutter (tor) 131
1
Nantuko Husk

Sacrifice a creature: Nantuko Husk gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Nantuko Husk (cmd) 90
1
Nantuko Tracer

When Nantuko Tracer enters the battlefield, you may put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.

Creature
Nantuko Tracer (jud) 125
1
Needlebug

Flash Protection from artifacts

Creature Artifact
Needlebug (mrd) 217
1
Old Rutstein

When Old Rutstein enters the battlefield or 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.

Creature
Old Rutstein (vow) 244
1
Phantom Nantuko

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

Creature
Phantom Nantuko (j22) 706
1
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.

Creature
Phyrexian Swarmlord (onc) 111
1
Plague Stinger

Flying Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Creature
Plague Stinger (onc) 96
1
Priest of Forgotten Gods

{T}, Sacrifice two other creatures: Any number of target players each lose 2 life and sacrifice a creature. You add {B}{B} and draw a card.

Creature
Priest of Forgotten Gods (rna) 83
1
Rust Scarab

Whenever Rust Scarab becomes blocked, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls.

Creature
Rust Scarab (gtc) 130
1
Saber Ants

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

Creature
Saber Ants (plst) MMQ-267
1
Scute Mob

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

Creature
Scute Mob (c18) 161
1
Scute Swarm

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

Creature
Scute Swarm (ncc) 310
1
Skylasher

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

Creature
Skylasher (dgm) 49
1
Stag Beetle

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

Creature
Stag Beetle (ons) 285
1
Thelonite Monk

{T}, Sacrifice a green creature: Target land becomes a Forest. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Creature
Thelonite Monk (fem) 79
1
Unyaro Bees

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

Creature
Unyaro Bees (tsp) 231
1
Virus Beetle

When Virus Beetle enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card.

Creature Artifact
Virus Beetle (neo) 128
1
Xantid Swarm

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

Creature
Xantid Swarm (ema) 193
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 3Price: $1.05
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.

Enchantment
Crawling Infestation (vow) 193
1
Crawling Sensation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. 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.

Enchantment
Crawling Sensation (j22) 642
1
Crop Sigil

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill a card. Delirium — {2}{G}, Sacrifice Crop Sigil: Return up to one target creature card and up to one target land card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Enchantment
Crop Sigil (emn) 153
1

Instant

Quantity: 3Price: $3.69
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.

Instant
Carrion (mir) 111
1
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.)

Instant
Carrion Call (onc) 106
1
Rampaging Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put it on the battlefield, then shuffle. Until end of turn, that land becomes a 4/3 Insect creature with reach and haste. It's still a land.

Instant
Rampaging Growth (j22) 43
1

Land

Quantity: 38Price: $77.34
Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard Boseiju, Who Endures: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
1
Evolving Wilds

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

Land
Evolving Wilds (j22) 813
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (scd) 349
20
Foul Orchard

Foul Orchard enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Foul Orchard (m19) 251
1
Golgari Guildgate

Golgari Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Golgari Guildgate (khc) 111
1
Golgari Rot Farm

Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield tapped. When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (cma) 253
1
Grim Backwoods

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

Land
Grim Backwoods (c20) 278
1
Jungle Hollow

Jungle Hollow enters the battlefield tapped. When Jungle Hollow enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Jungle Hollow (mom) 270
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (j22) 104
8
Swarmyard

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

Land
Swarmyard (tsr) 284
1
Tainted Wood

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Wood (onc) 168
1
Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (one) 261
1

Planeswalker

Quantity: 1Price: $8.49
Grist, the Hunger Tide

As long as Grist, the Hunger Tide 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.

Planeswalker
Grist, the Hunger Tide (mh2) 202
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 5Price: $21.11
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
1
Buried Alive

Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Buried Alive (uma) 88
1
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (40k) 214
1
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (dmc) 134
1
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.)

Sorcery
One Dozen Eyes (c13) 159
1

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