(See rule 400.7.) If that effect causes actions to be taken upon those cards, those actions are taken upon each of them
You get to destroy a creature, any creature, in play
Although, again, he's a powerful dork in the 99 rather than the Command Zone
The answer is probably a little bit of both, which is probably reason enough to leave it on the banned list, at least for now
The Hive is another old Magic card filled with a wall of text printed in tiny font, but this one can be summarized in a single sentence: pay five generic mana and tap: create a 1/1 colorless insect artifact token with flying named Wasp. The discrepancy between the Alpha printing and the streamlined oracle text is evidence of a game that has evolved in style and form across generations
This card was inspired by the idea of a creature enchantment that overwrote everything on a card