---
name: "Swarm, Being of Bees"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Insect Villain"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Mayhem", "Flash"]
set: "OM1"
set_name: "Through the Omenpaths"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Inkognit"
oracle_id: "10c8cf3b-2530-49e7-b38e-95cdaae8a6e7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swarm-being-of-bees-om1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Swarm, Being of Bees
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Insect Villain
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Mayhem, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
Mayhem {B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for {B} if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battlefly Swarm](/printing/battlefly-swarm-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
2. [Jagwasp Swarm](/printing/jagwasp-swarm-wwk.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Devouring Swarm](/printing/devouring-swarm-j22.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Unyaro Bees](/printing/unyaro-bees-tsp.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Spire Mangler](/printing/spire-mangler-rna.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Amzu, Swarm's Hunger](/printing/amzu-swarms-hunger-clu.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Through the Omenpaths (OM1) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Inkognit
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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