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Hormagaunt Horde

{X}{G}

Creature — Tyranid

40KWarhammer 40,000 Commander#93rare
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Nikola Matkovic
Found in
Warhammer 40000 Commander Deck Tyranid Swarm
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.
1/1
Ravenous

Plays as: Card Draw · Counter Placer · Recursion · Landfall · Mana Sink · Fodder · X Spell

Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+1.9%
$0.55
$0.48 low$0.36 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.55· across 2 printings

Rulings

7 · latest Oct 7, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 7, 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.

  • WotCOct 7, 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.

  • WotCOct 7, 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.

  • WotCOct 7, 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.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    The Endless Swarm ability triggers only if Hormagaunt Horde is in your graveyard at the moment the land enters the battlefield.

  • WotCOct 7, 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.

  • WotCOct 7, 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.