Great Fierce Bee

The Hobbit #73

Great Fierce Bee - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Insect

Mana cost: {2}{B}

Card text: Flying Whenever one or more other creatures die, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

P/T: 2/2

Rarity: common

Artist: Leesha Hannigan

""If one were to sting me, I should swell up as big again as I am!" —Bilbo"

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.16 USD · $0.28 USD (Foil) · €0.12 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Is Great Fierce Bee good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Great Fierce Bee C tier — average filler. It also placed #4 among black commons in our community set review, with 1 of 3 reviewers picking it.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for The Hobbit and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review. This set has 3 community reviews so far — treat the community placement as an early signal, not a settled verdict.

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Great Fierce Bee in The Hobbit limited

common

Stir Up Trouble
Stir Up Trouble
Sorcery

Stir Up Trouble requires sacrificing a creature or artifact, and when that creature dies, Great Fierce Bee triggers its scry 1 ability, providing card selection while enabling the removal spell.

Front Porch Sentries
Front Porch Sentries
Creature — Goblin Soldier

Front Porch Sentries trigger when they die, and Great Fierce Bee also triggers on any creature death, creating a double-trigger value engine whenever any creature hits the graveyard.

Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Instant

Bilbo's Deadly Slice destroys a creature, triggering Great Fierce Bee's scry 1 ability, turning a removal spell into a removal spell plus card selection in the same turn.

uncommon

Dreaded Bat-Cloud
Dreaded Bat-Cloud
Creature — Bat

Dreaded Bat-Cloud costs less when a creature died this turn, and Great Fierce Bee's scry triggers on those same deaths, helping you find Dreaded Bat-Cloud faster while setting up the cost reduction.

rare

Head of the Hunt
Head of the Hunt
Creature — Wolf

Head of the Hunt exiles opponent creatures that would die and creates Wolf tokens instead, but Great Fierce Bee still triggers on any creature death including your own, providing consistent scry value in a death-matters shell.

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