USD
$3.12
USD foil
$5.85
EUR
€5.35
MTGO
0.56 tix
Mortician Beetle
Creature — Insect
Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
To the soldier, war is famine; to the scavenger, a feast.
1 / 1
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE #117)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Released
- 2010-04-23
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- EDHREC rank
- #9,985
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.25
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 10
Mortician Beetle+Animation Module+Ashnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
55 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Young Wolf
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
48 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Kitchen Finks
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
45 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Strangleroot Geist
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
44 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Safehold Elite
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
42 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Putrid Goblin
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
35 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Mortician Beetle+Animation Module+Phyrexian Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
26 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Geralf's Messenger
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite lifelossInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
24 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Tayam, Luminous Enigma+Mortician Beetle+Ashnod's Altar+Butcher Ghoul
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-millPut a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
20 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Mortician Beetle+Animation Module+Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
4 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
All 10 combos.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2017-03-14
If a creature is sacrificed as a cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, Mortician Beetle’s ability resolves before that spell or ability.
- 2017-03-14
Mortician Beetle’s ability triggers whenever any player, including you, sacrifices a creature because some other spell, ability, or cost instructed the player to do so. Mortician Beetle itself doesn’t allow you to sacrifice any creatures.