---
name: "Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Legendary Artifact Creature — Insect"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Modular"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "243"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason Felix"
oracle_id: "549dc9f3-1fda-4ad3-87bc-8a990800380b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/zabaz-the-glimmerwasp-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact Creature — Insect
- **Keywords:** Modular

## Oracle Text
Modular 1
If a modular triggered ability would put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
{R}: Destroy target artifact you control.
{W}: Zabaz gains flying until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Arcbound Stinger](/printing/arcbound-stinger-mma.md) — Artifact Creature — Insect
2. [Arcbound Worker](/printing/arcbound-worker-mma.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Arcbound Ravager](/printing/arcbound-ravager-mma.md) — Artifact Creature — Beast
4. [Arcbound Prototype](/printing/arcbound-prototype-mh2.md) — Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
5. [Arcbound Whelp](/printing/arcbound-whelp-mh2.md) — Artifact Creature — Dragon
6. [Arcbound Condor](/printing/arcbound-condor-mh3.md) — Artifact Creature — Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #243
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason Felix
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-06-18)* If this creature gets enough -1/-1 counters put on it to cause it to go to the graveyard, modular will put a number of +1/+1 counters on the target artifact creature equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature before it left the battlefield.
- *(2021-06-18)* Zabaz the Glimmerwasp's replacement effect requires it to be on the battlefield to work. Notably, that means it won't increase the counters given by its own modular ability.