Art by Mila Pesic
Xira, the Golden Sting
Legendary Creature — Insect Assassin
Flying, haste Whenever Xira attacks, put an egg counter on another target creature without an egg counter on it. When that creature dies, if it has an egg counter on it, draw a card and create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
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Most Played With Xira, the Golden Sting (179)
Sol Ring
75% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
73% of decks · $0.49
Assassin's Trophy
47% of decks · $1.18
Village Rites
47% of decks · $0.99
Scute Swarm
46% of decks · $8.64
Haywire Mite
46% of decks · $0.53
Rampant Growth
46% of decks · $1.25
Sakura-Tribe Elder
45% of decks · $0.42
Caustic Caterpillar
43% of decks · $0.28
The Swarmweaver
42% of decks · $0.34
Terminate
42% of decks · $0.34
Grist, the Hunger Tide
42% of decks · $0.52
Deadly Dispute
41% of decks · $0.26
Aatchik, Emerald Radian
40% of decks · $0.26
Goblin Bombardment
40% of decks · $4.59
Beast Within
39% of decks · $0.68
Blood Artist
39% of decks · $3.84
Nature's Lore
39% of decks · $2.22
Moldervine Reclamation
39% of decks · $0.35
Victimize
38% of decks · $1.34
Impact Tremors
38% of decks · $2.55
Mirkwood Bats
37% of decks · $1.92
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
36% of decks · $25.99
Putrefy
36% of decks · $0.31
Cauldron of Essence
34% of decks · $2.51
Zulaport Cutthroat
34% of decks · $1.34
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
33% of decks · $17.96
Giant Adephage
33% of decks · $0.40
Mahadi, Emporium Master
33% of decks · $1.34
Ashnod's Altar
33% of decks · $16.88
Ant Queen
32% of decks · $0.71
Corrupted Conviction
32% of decks · $0.35
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
31% of decks · $4.12
Morbid Opportunist
31% of decks · $0.36
Generous Patron
31% of decks · $6.35
Kodama's Reach
30% of decks · $1.83
Swarmyard Massacre
29% of decks · $4.54
Three Visits
29% of decks · $5.54
Viscera Seer
28% of decks · $0.49
Heroic Intervention
28% of decks · $17.55
Bastion of Remembrance
27% of decks · $0.30
Parallel Lives
26% of decks · $39.73
Pitiless Plunderer
26% of decks · $4.99
Doubling Season
26% of decks · $35.33
Deathreap Ritual
24% of decks · $0.35
Mayhem Devil
24% of decks · $0.33
Kulrath Knight
24% of decks · $0.33
Rise of the Witch-king
23% of decks · $0.54
Strionic Resonator
22% of decks · $7.50
Swiftfoot Boots
22% of decks
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
22% of decks · $0.37
Blightbeetle
22% of decks · $0.62
Chaos Warp
21% of decks
Scute Mob
21% of decks · $0.72
Agitator Ant
21% of decks · $0.35
Springheart Nantuko
21% of decks · $6.95
Spring-Leaf Avenger
21% of decks · $0.35
Birds of Paradise
21% of decks · $9.03
Poison-Tip Archer
20% of decks · $2.31
Golgari Signet
20% of decks · $0.34
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
19% of decks · $7.16
Grist, Voracious Larva
19% of decks
Second Harvest
19% of decks · $5.36
Bedevil
18% of decks · $0.29
Eternal Witness
18% of decks · $2.21
Beastmaster Ascension
18% of decks · $7.03
Phyrexian Altar
17% of decks · $54.36
Toxic Deluge
17% of decks · $5.17
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
17% of decks · $6.41
Reanimate
16% of decks · $10.11
Giant Ankheg
16% of decks · $0.26
Patchwork Banner
16% of decks · $2.79
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
15% of decks · $10.61
Canoptek Scarab Swarm
15% of decks · $12.52
Lightning Greaves
15% of decks · $4.00
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
14% of decks · $0.52
Horizon Explorer
14% of decks · $2.22
Chevill, Bane of Monsters
13% of decks · $1.51
Cankerbloom
13% of decks · $0.58
Rakdos Signet
13% of decks · $0.34
Roaming Throne
13% of decks · $51.97
Gruul Signet
13% of decks · $0.45
Deathsprout
13% of decks · $0.37
Icetill Explorer
13% of decks · $23.22
Crawling Infestation
13% of decks · $0.27
Crash of Rhino Beetles
13% of decks · $0.22
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
13% of decks · $28.56
Xira Arien
13% of decks · $0.30
Dictate of Erebos
12% of decks · $17.52
Vraska Joins Up
12% of decks · $1.00
Revitalizing Repast
12% of decks
Plumb the Forbidden
12% of decks · $0.42
Pest Infestation
12% of decks · $0.56
Demonic Tutor
12% of decks · $69.17
Awakening Zone
11% of decks · $0.38
Artifact Mutation
11% of decks · $2.43
Bala Ged Recovery
11% of decks
Endless Cockroaches
11% of decks · $0.42
Vanquisher's Banner
11% of decks · $5.55
Culling Ritual
11% of decks · $0.53
Blasphemous Edict
11% of decks · $4.13
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
11% of decks · $0.16
Herald's Horn
11% of decks · $5.82
Decimate
11% of decks · $0.32
Golgari Charm
11% of decks · $1.90
Feed the Swarm
11% of decks · $0.24
Nest of Scarabs
11% of decks · $4.76
Diabolic Intent
10% of decks · $17.18
Rakdos Charm
10% of decks · $0.39
Talisman of Resilience
10% of decks · $0.47
Grave Pact
10% of decks · $30.52
Commander's Sphere
10% of decks · $0.34
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
10% of decks · $0.33
Abrupt Decay
10% of decks · $2.59
Honest Rutstein
10% of decks · $0.37
Malakir Rebirth
10% of decks
Vraska, Golgari Queen
10% of decks · $4.82
The Meathook Massacre
10% of decks · $24.67
The Scorpion God
10% of decks · $0.25
Vandalblast
10% of decks · $1.70
Whispersilk Cloak
9% of decks · $2.22
Dread Return
9% of decks · $0.60
Riveteers Charm
9% of decks · $0.16
Shared Animosity
9% of decks · $5.75
Tragic Slip
9% of decks · $0.26
Deflecting Swat
9% of decks · $72.64
Go for the Throat
9% of decks · $0.62
Insidious Roots
9% of decks · $1.68
Infernal Grasp
9% of decks · $0.33
Deadly Rollick
9% of decks · $28.68
Urabrask's Forge
8% of decks · $1.17
Fellwar Stone
8% of decks
Fell the Profane
8% of decks
Thought Vessel
8% of decks
Rhythm of the Wild
8% of decks · $5.09
Riveteers Ascendancy
8% of decks · $0.49
Blowfly Infestation
8% of decks · $0.30
Abrade
8% of decks · $0.32
Cryptolith Rite
8% of decks · $14.95
Harrow
8% of decks · $0.31
Talisman of Impulse
8% of decks · $0.40
Lolth, Spider Queen
7% of decks · $5.21
Talisman of Indulgence
7% of decks · $0.51
Hollowmurk Siege
7% of decks · $1.15
Firebender Ascension
7% of decks · $0.67
Lich-Knights' Conquest
7% of decks · $1.07
Bone Shards
7% of decks · $0.28
Crawling Sensation
7% of decks · $0.33
Tear Asunder
7% of decks · $0.33
Black Sun's Zenith
7% of decks · $0.37
Chromatic Lantern
7% of decks
Banner of Kinship
7% of decks · $7.39
Phyrexian Arena
7% of decks · $4.26
Helm of the Host
7% of decks · $5.15
Black Market Connections
7% of decks · $10.47
Lightning Bolt
7% of decks · $0.87
Breath of Fury
7% of decks · $11.47
Chain Reaction
7% of decks · $0.30
Damnation
7% of decks · $21.01
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7% of decks · $9.63
Grave Venerations
7% of decks · $0.50
Evolutionary Leap
7% of decks · $3.24
Arachnogenesis
6% of decks · $7.73
Vampiric Tutor
6% of decks · $54.45
Everlasting Torment
6% of decks · $0.28
Triumph of the Hordes
6% of decks
Lithoform Engine
6% of decks · $7.30
The Ozolith
6% of decks · $61.76
Eldrazi Monument
6% of decks · $10.65
Contagion Clasp
6% of decks · $0.36
Return to Nature
6% of decks · $0.32
Soul Shatter
6% of decks · $6.14
Black Market
6% of decks · $6.40
Binding the Old Gods
6% of decks · $0.31
Skyshroud Claim
5% of decks · $1.08
At Knifepoint
5% of decks · $0.28
All Will Be One
5% of decks · $16.52
Nature's Claim
5% of decks · $1.34
Cultist of the Absolute
5% of decks · $0.37
New Cards
Great Fierce Bee
20% of decks · $0.15
Simulacrum Shaper
4% of decks · $1.75
Verdant Kraken
3% of decks · $2.48
The Sackville-Bagginses
3% of decks · $1.51
Gardenize
3% of decks · $0.73
Creatures (50)
Scute Swarm
46% of decks · $8.64
Haywire Mite
46% of decks · $0.53
Sakura-Tribe Elder
45% of decks · $0.42
Caustic Caterpillar
43% of decks · $0.28
The Swarmweaver
42% of decks · $0.34
Aatchik, Emerald Radian
40% of decks · $0.26
Blood Artist
39% of decks · $3.84
Mirkwood Bats
37% of decks · $1.92
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
36% of decks · $25.99
Zulaport Cutthroat
34% of decks · $1.34
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
33% of decks · $17.96
Giant Adephage
33% of decks · $0.40
Mahadi, Emporium Master
33% of decks · $1.34
Ant Queen
32% of decks · $0.71
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
31% of decks · $4.12
Morbid Opportunist
31% of decks · $0.36
Generous Patron
31% of decks · $6.35
Viscera Seer
28% of decks · $0.49
Pitiless Plunderer
26% of decks · $4.99
Mayhem Devil
24% of decks · $0.33
Kulrath Knight
24% of decks · $0.33
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
22% of decks · $0.37
Blightbeetle
22% of decks · $0.62
Scute Mob
21% of decks · $0.72
Agitator Ant
21% of decks · $0.35
Springheart Nantuko
21% of decks · $6.95
Spring-Leaf Avenger
21% of decks · $0.35
Birds of Paradise
21% of decks · $9.03
Poison-Tip Archer
20% of decks · $2.31
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
19% of decks · $7.16
Grist, Voracious Larva
19% of decks
Eternal Witness
18% of decks · $2.21
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
17% of decks · $6.41
Giant Ankheg
16% of decks · $0.26
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
15% of decks · $10.61
Canoptek Scarab Swarm
15% of decks · $12.52
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
14% of decks · $0.52
Horizon Explorer
14% of decks · $2.22
Chevill, Bane of Monsters
13% of decks · $1.51
Cankerbloom
13% of decks · $0.58
Roaming Throne
13% of decks · $51.97
Icetill Explorer
13% of decks · $23.22
Crash of Rhino Beetles
13% of decks · $0.22
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
13% of decks · $28.56
Xira Arien
13% of decks · $0.30
Endless Cockroaches
11% of decks · $0.42
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
11% of decks · $0.16
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
10% of decks · $0.33
Honest Rutstein
10% of decks · $0.37
The Scorpion God
10% of decks · $0.25
Instants (35)
Assassin's Trophy
47% of decks · $1.18
Village Rites
47% of decks · $0.99
Terminate
42% of decks · $0.34
Deadly Dispute
41% of decks · $0.26
Beast Within
39% of decks · $0.68
Putrefy
36% of decks · $0.31
Corrupted Conviction
32% of decks · $0.35
Heroic Intervention
28% of decks · $17.55
Chaos Warp
21% of decks
Second Harvest
19% of decks · $5.36
Bedevil
18% of decks · $0.29
Deathsprout
13% of decks · $0.37
Revitalizing Repast
12% of decks
Plumb the Forbidden
12% of decks · $0.42
Artifact Mutation
11% of decks · $2.43
Golgari Charm
11% of decks · $1.90
Rakdos Charm
10% of decks · $0.39
Abrupt Decay
10% of decks · $2.59
Malakir Rebirth
10% of decks
Riveteers Charm
9% of decks · $0.16
Tragic Slip
9% of decks · $0.26
Deflecting Swat
9% of decks · $72.64
Go for the Throat
9% of decks · $0.62
Infernal Grasp
9% of decks · $0.33
Deadly Rollick
9% of decks · $28.68
Fell the Profane
8% of decks
Abrade
8% of decks · $0.32
Harrow
8% of decks · $0.31
Tear Asunder
7% of decks · $0.33
Lightning Bolt
7% of decks · $0.87
Arachnogenesis
6% of decks · $7.73
Vampiric Tutor
6% of decks · $54.45
Return to Nature
6% of decks · $0.32
Soul Shatter
6% of decks · $6.14
Nature's Claim
5% of decks · $1.34
Sorceries (26)
Rampant Growth
46% of decks · $1.25
Nature's Lore
39% of decks · $2.22
Victimize
38% of decks · $1.34
Kodama's Reach
30% of decks · $1.83
Swarmyard Massacre
29% of decks · $4.54
Three Visits
29% of decks · $5.54
Rise of the Witch-king
23% of decks · $0.54
Toxic Deluge
17% of decks · $5.17
Reanimate
16% of decks · $10.11
Pest Infestation
12% of decks · $0.56
Demonic Tutor
12% of decks · $69.17
Bala Ged Recovery
11% of decks
Culling Ritual
11% of decks · $0.53
Blasphemous Edict
11% of decks · $4.13
Decimate
11% of decks · $0.32
Feed the Swarm
11% of decks · $0.24
Diabolic Intent
10% of decks · $17.18
Vandalblast
10% of decks · $1.70
Dread Return
9% of decks · $0.60
Lich-Knights' Conquest
7% of decks · $1.07
Bone Shards
7% of decks · $0.28
Black Sun's Zenith
7% of decks · $0.37
Chain Reaction
7% of decks · $0.30
Damnation
7% of decks · $21.01
Triumph of the Hordes
6% of decks
Skyshroud Claim
5% of decks · $1.08
Utility Artifacts (16)
Cauldron of Essence
34% of decks · $2.51
Ashnod's Altar
33% of decks · $16.88
Strionic Resonator
22% of decks · $7.50
Swiftfoot Boots
22% of decks
Phyrexian Altar
17% of decks · $54.36
Lightning Greaves
15% of decks · $4.00
Vanquisher's Banner
11% of decks · $5.55
Herald's Horn
11% of decks · $5.82
Whispersilk Cloak
9% of decks · $2.22
Urabrask's Forge
8% of decks · $1.17
Banner of Kinship
7% of decks · $7.39
Helm of the Host
7% of decks · $5.15
Lithoform Engine
6% of decks · $7.30
The Ozolith
6% of decks · $61.76
Eldrazi Monument
6% of decks · $10.65
Contagion Clasp
6% of decks · $0.36
Mana Artifacts (13)
Sol Ring
75% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
73% of decks · $0.49
Golgari Signet
20% of decks · $0.34
Patchwork Banner
16% of decks · $2.79
Rakdos Signet
13% of decks · $0.34
Gruul Signet
13% of decks · $0.45
Talisman of Resilience
10% of decks · $0.47
Commander's Sphere
10% of decks · $0.34
Fellwar Stone
8% of decks
Thought Vessel
8% of decks
Talisman of Impulse
8% of decks · $0.40
Talisman of Indulgence
7% of decks · $0.51
Chromatic Lantern
7% of decks
Enchantments (35)
Goblin Bombardment
40% of decks · $4.59
Moldervine Reclamation
39% of decks · $0.35
Impact Tremors
38% of decks · $2.55
Bastion of Remembrance
27% of decks · $0.30
Parallel Lives
26% of decks · $39.73
Doubling Season
26% of decks · $35.33
Deathreap Ritual
24% of decks · $0.35
Beastmaster Ascension
18% of decks · $7.03
Crawling Infestation
13% of decks · $0.27
Dictate of Erebos
12% of decks · $17.52
Vraska Joins Up
12% of decks · $1.00
Awakening Zone
11% of decks · $0.38
Nest of Scarabs
11% of decks · $4.76
Grave Pact
10% of decks · $30.52
The Meathook Massacre
10% of decks · $24.67
Shared Animosity
9% of decks · $5.75
Insidious Roots
9% of decks · $1.68
Rhythm of the Wild
8% of decks · $5.09
Riveteers Ascendancy
8% of decks · $0.49
Blowfly Infestation
8% of decks · $0.30
Cryptolith Rite
8% of decks · $14.95
Hollowmurk Siege
7% of decks · $1.15
Firebender Ascension
7% of decks · $0.67
Crawling Sensation
7% of decks · $0.33
Phyrexian Arena
7% of decks · $4.26
Black Market Connections
7% of decks · $10.47
Breath of Fury
7% of decks · $11.47
Grave Venerations
7% of decks · $0.50
Evolutionary Leap
7% of decks · $3.24
Everlasting Torment
6% of decks · $0.28
Black Market
6% of decks · $6.40
Binding the Old Gods
6% of decks · $0.31
At Knifepoint
5% of decks · $0.28
All Will Be One
5% of decks · $16.52
Cultist of the Absolute
5% of decks · $0.37
Planeswalkers (4)
Grist, the Hunger Tide
42% of decks · $0.52
Vraska, Golgari Queen
10% of decks · $4.82
Lolth, Spider Queen
7% of decks · $5.21
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7% of decks · $9.63
Utility Lands (18)
Swarmyard
57% of decks
Bojuka Bog
39% of decks
Reliquary Tower
33% of decks
Rogue's Passage
24% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
22% of decks
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
22% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
18% of decks
High Market
15% of decks
Nesting Grounds
14% of decks
Boseiju, Who Endures
13% of decks
Three Tree City
11% of decks
Eumidian Hatchery
11% of decks
Restless Vents
10% of decks
Grim Backwoods
7% of decks
Kessig Wolf Run
7% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
6% of decks
Karn's Bastion
6% of decks
Access Tunnel
5% of decks
Lands (50)
Forest
98% of decks
Swamp
98% of decks
Mountain
96% of decks
Command Tower
89% of decks
Savage Lands
55% of decks
Ziatora's Proving Ground
53% of decks
Exotic Orchard
48% of decks
Woodland Cemetery
48% of decks
Cinder Glade
47% of decks
Overgrown Tomb
45% of decks
Stomping Ground
44% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
43% of decks
Blood Crypt
41% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
39% of decks
Path of Ancestry
35% of decks
Rootbound Crag
35% of decks
Undergrowth Stadium
35% of decks
Rockfall Vale
31% of decks
Spire Garden
30% of decks
Evolving Wilds
29% of decks
Luxury Suite
29% of decks
Llanowar Wastes
24% of decks
Wooded Foothills
24% of decks
Deathcap Glade
24% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
24% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
23% of decks
Twisted Landscape
22% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
21% of decks
Riveteers Overlook
19% of decks
Haunted Ridge
18% of decks
Karplusan Forest
17% of decks
Golgari Rot Farm
17% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
16% of decks
Fabled Passage
16% of decks
Temple of Malady
15% of decks
Underground Mortuary
13% of decks
Vernal Fen
13% of decks
Commercial District
12% of decks
Gruul Turf
12% of decks
Revitalizing Repast
12% of decks
Bala Ged Recovery
11% of decks
Myriad Landscape
11% of decks
Temple of Abandon
11% of decks
Raucous Theater
11% of decks
Temple of Malice
10% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
10% of decks
Twilight Mire
10% of decks
Bayou
10% of decks
Badlands
9% of decks
Rakdos Carnarium
9% of decks
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