---
name: "Rise of the Ants"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "196"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "d9d33dcd-3352-478e-afc4-40f2ff369c39"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rise-of-the-ants-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rise of the Ants
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Create two 3/3 green Insect creature tokens. You gain 2 life.
Flashback {6}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ant Queen](/printing/ant-queen-mm2.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Saber Ants](/printing/saber-ants-plst.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Ant-Man's Army](/printing/ant-mans-army-msh.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Acorn Harvest](/printing/acorn-harvest-tor.md) — Sorcery
5. [The Astonishing Ant-Man](/printing/the-astonishing-ant-man-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Hero
6. [Crush of Wurms](/printing/crush-of-wurms-jud.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #196
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`