Killer Bees
Creature — Insect
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #22053
Killer Bees is a mana sink that can hit for arbitrarily large Flying damage the turn it comes down — the ceiling is your mana, not the card. The catch is that it's a 1/1 for three mana with no built-in protection, so it folds to any instant-speed removal before the damage resolves.
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, Killer Bees finds a home in green-heavy decks that generate large amounts of floating mana and want a repeatable aerial threat — it's not a staple, but it earns its slot in the right shell. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but no competitive deck wants a fragile 1/1 for three when better threats exist at every point on the curve. Killer Bees is effectively a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it competes against creatures that provide the same mana-sink function with more resilience or upside.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Killer Bees is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the power level. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike without a meaningful reprint into a relevant product or a sudden Commander breakout.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.