Battlefly Swarm
Dominaria United 81 • common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Collector number
- 81
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Xavier Ribeiro
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
Flying
black mana: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Having encountered the bitter Phyrexian battleflies before, Squee knew not to bother eating them—or at least to stop after the fifth.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Battlefly Swarm was released in September 2022 as part of the Dominaria United expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to evoke nostalgia for the game's original setting, Dominaria, by celebrating its deep history and recurring themes of insectoid and mystical threats. As a common-rarity black creature card, it serves as a functional piece for limited play environments, specifically intended to support graveyard-focused mechanics like the set's graveyard-return themes.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Igor Kieryluk, who has contributed extensively to the visual identity of Magic: The Gathering. In this piece, Kieryluk focused on a swarm of bio-luminescent, insect-like creatures, emphasizing their atmospheric presence and chaotic movement. The design was received as a standard, utilitarian entry in the set, praised by players for its thematic consistency and its role in reinforcing the 'dread' aesthetic associated with black-mana creatures.
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