Decimator Beetle
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Insect
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 5
- Set
- Amonkhet #197 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.11 USD
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever this creature attacks, remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature you control and put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature defending player controls.
Decimator Beetle has 1 printing, first in Amonkhet (2017). EDHREC ranks it #18,794 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons decks (1,428 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Decimator Beetle most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 1,428 decks
- Hapatra, the Desert Fang: 2 decks
Often played with Decimator Beetle
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Decimator Beetle’s second ability can target any creature you control, not just one with a -1/-1 counter on it. It’ll put a -1/-1 counter on the opponent’s creature even if there isn’t one to remove from your creature.
- : If one target of Decimator Beetle’s second ability becomes illegal, the other will still be affected.