It of the Horrid Swarm
Creature — Eldrazi Insect
Emerge 
(You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, create two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19244
It of the Horrid Swarm lands as an 8/8 with reach for seven mana, then leaves behind eight 1/1 Insect tokens when it dies — that's a board state that persists through removal. The cost is real: seven mana is a lot to ask before you see any tokens, and you need the creature to die to get the payoff.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, It of the Horrid Swarm is a legitimate role-player in token and sacrifice strategies — seven mana is reachable by mid-game, and the death trigger produces enough bodies to matter. Outside Commander, the card struggles: Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy all move fast enough that a seven-mana 8/8 with a conditional payoff is simply too slow to compete. Pauper is where it has the most crossover appeal outside Commander, since commons-only token strategies exist and the raw body count is hard to ignore at common rarity. Vintage is legal but irrelevant — the format's power level makes this a non-starter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, It of the Horrid Swarm is pure bulk — no financial risk to picking up a playset. Bulk commons rarely appreciate unless they find a competitive home, and this card's ceiling is casual Commander, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.