Hornet Cannon
Artifact
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: Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying and haste named Hornet. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Stronghold
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #25753
Hornet Cannon makes a 1/1 flying deathtouch token every turn for three mana — a slow, sorcery-speed drip that demands you untap with it repeatedly before it matters. The setup cost is too steep for most competitive tables, but in token-synergy or attrition shells it generates real blockers that demand respect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hornet Cannon occupies the fringe of token-synergy decks — legal and occasionally useful, but rarely optimal when cheaper token generators exist. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana artifact that produces one 1/1 per turn at sorcery speed; the formats move too fast for that clock. Oathbreaker is where it has the best theoretical home, since the compressed game state can make recurring deathtouch fliers meaningful deterrents earlier in the game.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Hornet Cannon is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a commons bin or tossing it in a trade binder filler pile. It will hold that floor price indefinitely since demand is low and supply from older sets is plentiful.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.