Mortician Beetle
Modern Masters 2017 78 • common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017
- Collector number
- 78
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Market price
- $1.67
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Mortician Beetle was first introduced in the 2010 expansion Rise of the Eldrazi. The creature was designed as a low-cost, synergistic threat that rewards players for sacrificing their own units, fitting thematic archetypes centered on attrition and death-triggers. Its inclusion in Modern Masters 2017 served to provide functional reprints for players looking to bolster graveyard-focused strategies in the Modern format.
The artwork for this particular printing was created by Lars Grant-West, an illustrator known for his detailed work within the fantasy gaming space. Grant-West aimed to capture the unsettling, scavenging nature of the creature, depicting it as a bioluminescent, insectoid scavenger lurking in the periphery of a battlefield. Upon its release, the card was received as a solid, efficient common that served as an essential utility piece for specific niche decks.
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