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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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #78
Mortician Beetle
mm3·#78·common·nonfoil
Illus. Lars Grant-West
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Mar '17
9 yr ago
Value
$2.27$0 (-7.0%)
30 days high $2.53 · low $2.27
Volatility · moderate
EUR€4.10USD$2.27TIX0.35 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #9,628 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
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
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
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.
Context
Last observed at $2.27, down from $2.44 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.22 and $4.21 across 34 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 20 hours ago at $2.27.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MM3 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Modern Masters 2017* (released March 2017).
Card #78 in Modern Masters 2017.
Rarity tier: common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume.
Card type: Creature — Insect. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #9,628 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Lars Grant-West. Rarix tracks 677 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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