Scouring Swarm — ruling 1

The token doesn’t copy whether Scouring Swarm is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

Scouring Swarm — ruling 2

Scouring Swarm’s last ability counts the number of land cards in your graveyard as it resolves. This will usually include the land you sacrificed.

Scouring Swarm — ruling 3

The token copy will have Scouring Swarm’s abilities and will be able to create more copies of itself.

Scouring Swarm — ruling 4

If Scouring Swarm leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves and seven or more land cards are in your graveyard when the ability resolves, the token will still enter as a copy of Scouring Swarm, using Scouring Swarm’s copiable values from when it was last on the battlefield.

Scouring Swarm — ruling 5

In the unusual case where Scouring Swarm becomes a copy of something else while its triggered ability is on the stack but before it resolves and seven or more land cards are in your graveyard when the ability resolves, the token will enter as a copy of whatever Scouring Swarm is copying. (Swarms come in many forms.)

Scouring Swarm : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Scouring Swarm is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Flying Whenever you sacrifice a land, create a tapped token that's a copy of this creature if seven or more land cards are in your graveyard. Otherwise, create a tapped 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.

How it works : Scouring Swarm

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The token doesn’t copy whether Scouring Swarm is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
Card named in this ruling
Copy
#2July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
Scouring Swarm’s last ability counts the number of land cards in your graveyard as it resolves. This will usually include the land you sacrificed.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The token copy will have Scouring Swarm’s abilities and will be able to create more copies of itself.
Card named in this ruling
Copy
#4July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If Scouring Swarm leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves and seven or more land cards are in your graveyard when the ability resolves, the token will still enter as a copy of Scouring Swarm, using Scouring Swarm’s copiable values from when it was last on the battlefield.
Card named in this ruling
Copy
#5July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
In the unusual case where Scouring Swarm becomes a copy of something else while its triggered ability is on the stack but before it resolves and seven or more land cards are in your graveyard when the ability resolves, the token will enter as a copy of whatever Scouring Swarm is copying. (Swarms come in many forms.)
Card named in this ruling
Copy