---
name: "Scute Swarm"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Landfall"]
set: "M3C"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3 Commander"
collector_number: "245"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alex Konstad"
oracle_id: "aa854d50-444c-49d9-bfb1-5476b33c1c0b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/scute-swarm-m3c"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Scute Swarm
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Landfall

## Oracle Text
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.

> *"Survival rule 782: There are *always* more scute bugs."
—Zurdi, goblin shortcutter*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scute Mob](/printing/scute-mob-c18.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Scouring Swarm](/printing/scouring-swarm-eoc.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Springheart Nantuko](/printing/springheart-nantuko-pmh3.md) — Enchantment Creature — Insect Monk
4. [Seedship Agrarian](/printing/seedship-agrarian-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Scientist
5. [Sporemound](/printing/sporemound-cmr.md) — Creature — Fungus
6. [Eumidian Terrabotanist](/printing/eumidian-terrabotanist-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #245
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alex Konstad
- **Total Printings:** 56 across all historical editions

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