Wirefly Hive
Artifact
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: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, create a 2/2 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wirefly. If you lose the flip, destroy all permanents named Wirefly.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #19827
Wirefly Hive produces 2/2 flying tokens on demand for three mana each, but the coin flip means half your activations blow up the Hive entirely. That variance ceiling makes it a fringe card — playable only in decks that specifically exploit the flip mechanic, not a generic token producer.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wirefly Hive is a fringe Commander card at best, slotting into dedicated coin-flip builds like Okaun, Eye of Chaos and Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom where every flip event has additional upside. Outside that niche, a three-mana activation for a 2/2 with a 50% chance to destroy your own permanent is simply too inconsistent to compete with staple token generators. In Legacy and Vintage it has no competitive application — those formats have no patience for this rate. Modern is technically legal but Wirefly Hive has never seen play there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Wirefly Hive is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for the novelty of the mechanic. It's unlikely to appreciate unless a breakout coin-flip commander dramatically spikes demand for every flip-relevant card.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.