Mana Value
1
Rarity
rare
Hormagaunt Horde
Creature — Tyranid
Card Text
Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Endless Swarm — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay {2}{G}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Keywords
Set
Warhammer 40,000 Commander
(40K)
EDHREC Rank
#9,096
The Endless Swarm ability triggers only if Hormagaunt Horde is in your graveyard at the moment the land enters the battlefield.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
Players can respond to the triggered ability, but once it starts resolving and you decide whether to pay {2}{G}, it's too late for anyone to respond.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
The Endless Swarm ability triggers whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
A creature with ravenous gets its counters as it enters the battlefield. It doesn't enter the battlefield first and then get its counters. Any triggered ability that looks for a creature with a certain power or toughness entering the battlefield will see the counters when it checks to see if it should trigger.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
The triggered ability that checks to see if X is 5 or greater refers to the value of X that was chosen as the spell was cast, which may be different from the number of counters it entered with if there are replacement effects involved. This is also true for any other ability that it has which refers to X and triggers when it enters the battlefield.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a creature with Ravenous, it will not enter with any counters from the ravenous ability.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
If a permanent spell with ravenous is copied, the copy will have the same value for X, and the token permanent that the spell becomes as it enters the battlefield will enter with X counters.
Wotc — October 07, 2022
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