Dominate the Board with Hive of the Eye Tyrant
Hive of the Eye Tyrant is a quintessential land that epitomizes the eerie synergy of black mana within Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. This card offers a strategic blend of mana acceleration and board presence, entering the battlefield tapped only if you maintain control over two or more other lands. Once active, it provides a reliable source of black mana, essential for fueling your darker spells and creatures.
Where Hive of the Eye Tyrant truly shines is its transformative ability—by paying three mana and one black, this land morphs into a 3/3 Beholder creature with menace, a terrifying presence that threatens your opponent’s defenses. As a bonus, it exiles a card from the defending player’s graveyard each time it attacks, disrupting graveyard recursion strategies and locking down your adversary’s options. This makes Hive of the Eye Tyrant a valuable pick in decks that leverage graveyard hate while maintaining consistent mana production. Pair it with cards that benefit from menace or graveyard disruption to maximize its potential.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: None
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Card Type: Land
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Subtypes: None
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): If you control two or more other lands, Hive of the Eye Tyrant enters the battlefield tapped.
Tap: Add {B}.
3{B}: Until end of turn, Hive of the Eye Tyrant becomes a 3/3 black Beholder creature with menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, exile target card from defending player’s graveyard." It's still a land.
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Power / Toughness: 3/3 (when animated)
