---
name: "Fire Ants"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BRB"
set_name: "Battle Royale Box Set"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Tom Fleming"
oracle_id: "c23543b7-f637-4a7c-9b72-ec411cd5488e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fire-ants-brb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Fire Ants
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each other creature without flying.

> *Visitors to Shiv fear the dragons, the goblins, or the viashino. Natives fear the ants.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ashen Firebeast](/printing/ashen-firebeast-ody.md) — Creature — Elemental Beast
2. [Flame Sweep](/printing/flame-sweep-m20.md) — Instant
3. [Bloodfire Dwarf](/printing/bloodfire-dwarf-apc.md) — Creature — Dwarf
4. [Army Ants](/printing/army-ants-plst.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Warmonger](/printing/warmonger-pmei.md) — Creature — Minotaur Monger
6. [Firespout](/printing/firespout-cmd.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Battle Royale Box Set (BRB) #27
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Tom Fleming
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`