Magic: The Gathering · expansion
Fire Ants
Urza's Saga · #187 · uncommon · 1998
Creature — Insect
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Market reference
$1.18
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 187 / 357
- Release year
- 1998
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Illustrator
- Tom Fleming
- Colors
- R
- Frame
- 1997
- Border
- black
- Finishes
- nonfoil
- Printed
- 1998-10-12
About this card
Mana cost: {2}{R}
Type: Creature — Insect
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each other creature without flying.
"Visitors to Shiv fear the dragons, the goblins, or the viashino. Natives fear the ants."
P/T: 2/1
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (non-foil) | $1.18 |
| EUR (non-foil) | €0.39 |
| MTGO tix | 0.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Fire Ants is real?
Fire Ants is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Fire Ants worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Fire Ants is $1.18; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Fire Ants from?
Fire Ants is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Urza's Saga" in the expansion series, released in 1998.
What rarity is Fire Ants?
Fire Ants is a uncommon card in the Urza's Saga set.
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Other Fire Ants printings
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