---
name: "Bloatfly Swarm"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Insect Mutant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PIP"
set_name: "Fallout"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Igor Krstic"
oracle_id: "fc50e254-71bc-46b3-93e6-c6eb820a3473"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bloatfly-swarm-pip"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bloatfly Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Mutant
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to this creature while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage, remove that many +1/+1 counters from it, then give each player a rad counter for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Swarm of Bloodflies](/printing/swarm-of-bloodflies-j25.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Phantom Flock](/printing/phantom-flock-dmr.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier Spirit
3. [Battlefly Swarm](/printing/battlefly-swarm-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
4. [Delta Bloodflies](/printing/delta-bloodflies-tdm.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Phyrexian Battleflies](/printing/phyrexian-battleflies-dde.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
6. [Xantid Swarm](/printing/xantid-swarm-ema.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fallout (PIP) #42
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Igor Krstic
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`