Scouring Swarm
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Flying
Whenever you sacrifice a land, create a tapped token that's a copy of this creature if seven or more land cards are in your graveyard. Otherwise, create a tapped 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
What it does
Tagged as Tokens · Sac payoff — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- In the unusual case where Scouring Swarm becomes a copy of something else while its triggered ability is on the stack but before it resolves and seven or more land cards are in your graveyard when the ability resolves, the token will enter as a copy of whatever Scouring Swarm is copying. (Swarms come in many forms.) (2025-07-25)
- Scouring Swarm’s last ability counts the number of land cards in your graveyard as it resolves. This will usually include the land you sacrificed. (2025-07-25)
- If Scouring Swarm leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves and seven or more land cards are in your graveyard when the ability resolves, the token will still enter as a copy of Scouring Swarm, using Scouring Swarm’s copiable values from when it was last on the battlefield. (2025-07-25)
- The token doesn’t copy whether Scouring Swarm is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on. (2025-07-25)
- The token copy will have Scouring Swarm’s abilities and will be able to create more copies of itself. (2025-07-25)
Printings & prices
Every set Scouring Swarm has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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