Hornet Sting
Instant
Hornet Sting deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23916
Hornet Sting deals exactly 1 damage to any target for one green mana — a sorcery-speed effect so narrow that virtually every green deck has better options. It's unplayable in competitive construction and belongs in the bulk box.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hornet Sting is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In every Constructed format, one sorcery-speed damage at one mana is below the floor — even Pauper, the format most tolerant of low-powered commons, offers burn spells that do two or three times the work for the same cost. Commander is the format most likely to see it in a casual 99, but there's no commander that meaningfully rewards pinging for one, and 40 life totals make the effect even more negligible.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Hornet Sting at this time, though as a bulk common it almost certainly sits at or below $0.25 in any condition. The price is academic — there's no competitive context where picking one up is a meaningful decision.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.