Hornet

Hornet Queen’s Creature Type

How come hornet queen doesn’t have the creature type hornet?

Because we use Insect as a larger grouping.

Creatures Hornet Hornet Queen Insect

Hornet Sting's Conditions

Would Hornet Sting still be a break if it said: "Target creature you control deals 1 damage to any target."

Yes. It would need to hit just creatures.

Bend / Break Creatures Hornet Hornet Sting

Hornet Queen Reprints

If Hornet Queen is a color pie break, why is it reprinted so often in commander pre-constructed decks?

Because it’s popular and it’s not introducing it to a format that doesn’t yet have it.

Card Printing Color Pie Commander Hornet Hornet Queen Reprints

1000 Bee Stings Theme

I really hope the Green card you can have as many of it named 1000 Bee Stings. Lol. With a picture of a animated bannana being attacked by a swarm of Killer Bees.

It is not banana or bee/hornet themed.

Green Hornet Killer Bees

Hornet Queen Color

Famously (or infamously), Hornet Queen is considered a Colour Pie Break in Green. Would adding Black to its colour identity fix this, is this perhaps the direction for bees going forward?

Hornet Queen could be black.

Black Colors Green Hornet Hornet Queen

Hornet Queen Break Criteria

Is Hornet Queen only a break because it makes a bunch of small flier tokens? Green seems to be allowed to get flying on high MV rare creatures, like on the occasional green dragon.

Hornet Queen’s issue is that it’s too efficient in both creating fliers and in shutting down the opponent’s fliers with your own fliers.

Bend / Break Creatures Dragon Flying Green Green Dragon Hornet Hornet Queen Mana Value Rares Tokens

Token Attribute Consistency

RE: Previous ask regarding token abilities and color. Unfortunately, you did not address the question. If a token is generated by a card of a different color, can it have abilities that ARE in-pie for the card that generated it, but NOT in-pie for the color of the token itself. The original example I gave was if Hornet Queen itself were Black, but the tokens were still mono-Green. Another example might be a Red card that generates mono-Blue tokens with haste.

If a black card makes a token, of any color, it has to have abilities that black can have.

Black Colors Haste Hornet Hornet Queen Red Tokens

Token Abilities and Color

Can tokens have abilities that are out-of-pie for the token's color if the token itself is generated by a card of a color that could have the ability? For example, if Hornet Queen were a black card, could the tokens it generated still be mono-green?

Cards can generate tokens of other colors, but that token must mechanically be something the original color can produce.

Black Colors Hornet Hornet Queen Tokens

Autograph Preferences

Would you sign a Kibo, Uktabi Prince?

I would. I’ve signed many Hornet Stings. : )

Hornet Humor Kibo, Uktabi Prince

Corrections on Article

Just FYI, In your A to Z article for Hornet Sting you refer to Magic 2021 meaning Magic 2011.

Thanks. It’s been fixed.

Hornet Hornet Sting Magic 2011

Overlay Name Reuse Possibility

Could an overlay card name be the same as another regular card, e.g., a reprinted Ant Queen with the overlay name Hornet Queen?

I do not believe we’d use a name on an existing Magic card as an overlay name.

Ant Queen Card Names Hornet Hornet Queen Reprints

March of the Color Break

Secret Lair: MaRo's Bane - Each card is a color pie break, pointed at a character who looks suspiciously like everyone's favorite head designer. Come see MaRo getting Chaos Warped, Stung by Hornets, Psionic Blasted, and more! Make it a charity Secret Lair as a sort of "dunk tank" exercise.

A cute execution of something we should never do. : )

Color Pie Colors Head Designer Hornet Humor Mark Rosewater Secret Lairs

Color Assignment for Hornet Queen

In order to keep its exact text, what color(s) should Hornet Queen be?

Black could do the exact text except the tokens would be black.

Black Colors Hornet Hornet Queen Tokens

Keyword Change for Hornet Queen

Regarding Hornet Queen in White, would it (and its babies) still have Deathtouch?

Hornet Queen in white would have a different keyword on its babies.

Deathtouch Hornet Hornet Queen Keywords White

Mono-Black Hornet Queen Possibility

Would Hornet Queen but mono-Black be following the color pie?

Yep.

Color Pie Hornet Hornet Queen

Suitability of Hornet Queen

Would Hornet Queen be perfectly acceptable if it cost 4BBB instead of 4GGG?

I’m not good at power level, but it’s in color pie.

Color Pie Hornet Hornet Queen Power Level

Rejected Hate for Certain Cards

Really? Your most hated card is Maze of Ith? I would have thought you'd say either Leeches or Hornet Sting.

Leeches and Hornet Sting? What cards are those?

Hornet Hornet Sting Leeches Maze of Ith

Feasibility of Colorshifted Theme

Do you think it’s possible and worthwhile to, **without** bending or breaking the pie like Planar Chaos, have a “colorshifted” theme in a set? I’m picturing things like the GDS3 “Serra Angel” in BG, a monoblack Hornet Queen, or monocolored versions of some of the appropriate-but-unique hybrid cards.

It is possible.

Angel Golgari (B/G) Hornet Hornet Queen Hybrid Planar Chaos Serra Serra Angel

Combining Hornet Queen Color Combinations

Would a green/blue or green/white Hornet Queen be a bend?

Green/white is a possibility. Green/blue is a little more of a flavor stretch.

Bend / Break Blue Colors Flavor Hornet Hornet Queen Selesnya (G/W) Simic (G/U) White

Remaking Hornet Queen

If you remade Hornet Queen with the exact same cmc and abilities, what colours would it be?

Either monoblack or black/green, most likely.

Colors Golgari (B/G) Green Hornet Hornet Queen Mana Value