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.

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?

Would hornet sting not be a break if it required you to control an Insect?

“Target Insect you control deals its damage to target creature” can be done in green.

This talk about hornet sting me thinking. Would you be more happy if it was lets say "eldrazi sting" instead of hornet sting when it costs 1 generic to deal 1 dmg to any target?

I’d prefer for it to be colorless and costed correctly for a colorless ability.

Was Hornet Sting especially impactful in tournament play?

It got sideboarded as it allowed green to deal with something that was supposed to be a problem for green.

I'm excited to see Hornet Sting getting reprinted in Mystery Booster! Does this mean it's no longer considered a color pie break?

It’s just R&D messing with me. It’s still a color pie break.

In lew of white not drawing cards and red not dealing with enchantments, I would like to discuss why green can't have non-creature based removal/card draw. We've already got Harmonize + Hornet Sting so we know both of those are in color pie.

So much abuse. : )

Why does Hornet Sting exist?

To cause me pain, I believe. : )

Hey Mark! You said Red and White are the two colours most associated with combat, did you mean specifically as a tandem paired together? Because I'd imagine green would be at least one of the top two colors of combat. It's really hard to build an all-green burn deck, for instance, no matter what the hornet sting contingent will have you believe!

Green is the most creature-centric color, but other than Giant Growth it doesn’t tend to have a lot of “cast during combat” spells.

A good illustration of spells vs. creatures; player A has a deck of only Forest and Hornet Sting, player B has a deck of only Mountain and Mons's Goblin Raiders. Both business cards cost one and deal one damage. But Mons's sticks around and that player is going to win the majority of those matchups. That's why the days of creatureless decks being a major force required spells to be much better than creatures.

I’m not sure this counts as a “good illustration”. : ) How about this? I make a deck out of only noncreatures and you make a deck out of only creatures. We have all of Magic to chose from and no card limitations. Who’s going to win? I’ll help you out. It’s going to be me, because the best noncreature spells are light years better than the best creature spells.