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The card depicts a bear surrounded by a swarm of bees. It hums ominously.

Drawing this card will summon bees.

The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly bees.

Power Level 0: 1d5 Killer bees, more at higher power.

Power Level 1: an additional Queen bee.

Power Level 2: 3 additional Meliai

The Swarm card could be found in the following decks over the past several versions.

0.11	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.19 and beyond
Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning

History

0.31 Can now summon higher-level bees.
Prior to 0.27, this card was known as Foxfire and could summon multiple flying creatures (butterflies, insubstantial wisps, vampire mosquitoes, and hornets), some of which could arrive hostile.
The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of 0.19. The deck of war was removed in this version.

Decks	Nemelex's Cards
Deck of destruction	Degeneration • The Orb • Pain • The Storm • Vitriol • Wild Magic
Deck of escape	The Cloud • The Elixir • Exile • The Tomb • Velocity
Deck of summoning	The Dance • The Elements • The Illusion • The Swarm • The Pentagram • The Rangers
Deck of punishment	Swine • Torment • Wraith • Wrath

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+{{Version034}}
+{{flavour|The card depicts a bear surrounded by a swarm of bees. It hums ominously.
-The Foxfire card summons a pack of identical flying monsters. Beware of hostile monsters in the summoned pack.
+Drawing this card will summon bees.}}
+The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly bees.
-Power Level 0: 1+1d3 monsters, friendly 75% of the time
+Power Level 0: <code>1d5</code> [[Killer bee]]s, more at higher power.
-*[[File:Butterfly.png]][[Butterfly]]
-*[[File:Insubstantial_wisp.png]][[Insubstantial wisp]]
-*[[File:Killer_bee.png]][[Killer bee]]
-*[[File:Vampire_mosquito.png]][[Vampire mosquito]]
-*[[File:Yellow_wasp.png]][[Yellow wasp]]
-Power Level 1: 3+1d3 monsters, mostly friendly
-*[[File:Insubstantial_wisp.png]][[Insubstantial wisp]]
-*[[File:Killer_bee.png]][[Killer bee]]
-*[[File:Vampire_mosquito.png]][[Vampire mosquito]]
-*[[File:Yellow_wasp.png]][[Yellow wasp]]
-*[[File:Red_wasp.png]][[Red wasp]]
-Power level 2: 6+1d3 monsters, mostly friendly
-*[[File:Killer_bee.png]][[Killer bee]]
-*[[File:Vampire_mosquito.png]][[Vampire mosquito]]
-*[[File:Yellow_wasp.png]][[Yellow wasp]]
-*[[File:Red_wasp.png]][[Red wasp]]
-==History==
+Power Level 1: an additional [[Queen bee]].
-The Foxfire card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
+Power Level 2: 3 additional [[Meliai]]
+The Swarm card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
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+![[0.16]]
+![[0.17]]
+![[0.18]]
+![[0.19]] and beyond
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 [[Deck of summoning|Summoning]]
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+!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
+[[Deck of summoning|Summoning]]
+<br>[[Deck of war|War]]
+!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
+[[Deck of summoning|Summoning]]
+<br>[[Deck of war|War]]
+!style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;font-weight:normal"|
+[[Deck of summoning|Summoning]]
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+==History==
+*[[0.31]] Can now summon higher-level bees.
+*Prior to [[0.27]], this card was known as '''Foxfire''' and could summon multiple flying creatures ([[butterflies]], [[insubstantial wisp]]s, [[vampire mosquito]]es, and [[hornet]]s), some of which could arrive hostile.
+*The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of [[0.19]]. The deck of war was removed in this version.
 ==See also==
 *[[Cards]]
 *[[Decks]]
+{{cards}}
 [[Category: Deck]]