Scute Swarm
Creature — Insect · 1/1
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If you control six or more lands, create a token that's a copy of this creature instead.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
#241 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of October 16, 2026).
Selling Scute Swarm?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Scute Swarm, that's about $4.27 cash or $5.98 in credit.
All 13 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set SLZ | 326 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| The Zeta Set SLZ | 205 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| The Zeta Set SLZ | 84 | Sep 2026 | – | – |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 7048 | Sep 2025 | $18.78 | – |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander DSC | 197 | Sep 2024 | $8.81 | – |
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander M3C | 245 | Jun 2024 | $8.80 | – |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander OTC | 205 | Apr 2024 | $8.54 | – |
| New Capenna Commander NCC | 310 | Apr 2022 | $8.96 | – |
| Zendikar Rising Promos PZNR | 203★ | Oct 2021 | – | $8.74 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos PZNR | 203p | Sep 2020 | $8.54 | $15.80 |
| Zendikar Rising ZNR | 308 | Sep 2020 | $8.57 | $11.34 |
| Zendikar Rising ZNR | 203 | Sep 2020 | $9.25 | $9.78 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos PZNR | 203s | Sep 2020 | – | $19.03 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
Rulings
If Scute Swarm leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the token will still enter the battlefield as a copy of Scute Swarm, using Scute Swarm's copiable values from when it was last on the battlefield.
The token copy will have Scute Swarm's ability. It will also be able to create copies of itself.
The token copy won't copy counters or damage marked on Scute Swarm, nor will it copy other effects that have changed Scute Swarm's power, toughness, types, color, and so on. Normally, this means the token will simply be a Scute Swarm, but if any copy effects have affected the original Scute Swarm, the token will take those into account.
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
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