Foundry Hornet
Creature — Insect
Flying
When this creature enters, if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aether Revolt
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #24474
Foundry Hornet enters and pings every creature an opponent controls for one damage if you control an artifact — then it sticks around as a 2/1 flying deathtouch that punishes anything that blocks or gets blocked by it. Four mana for that combination of enter trigger and sustained threat is a real rate in artifact-heavy Commander decks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Foundry Hornet is a Commander card through and through — the format's multiplayer nature means the enter trigger can wipe multiple opponents' small creatures simultaneously, and artifact synergy is everywhere across popular archetypes. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Legacy, four mana for a 2/1 is simply too slow, and the trigger rarely hits enough targets to justify the cost against focused strategies. Pioneer is similarly hostile; the card sees no meaningful play there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — if your signature spell supports an artifact shell, Foundry Hornet has a home, but it won't carry a list on its own.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Foundry Hornet is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box or tossing it in a trade binder filler pile. That price reflects low demand outside niche artifact Commander builds, and there's no pressure driving it upward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.