common

Plague Beetle

Artist: Tom Fleming

Set: Tenth Edition

Mana Cost: {B}

Delta Price *: $0.09

Type: Creature — Insect

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

No one knows whether they were named for the disease they carry or for the speed at which they multiply.

Legalities

Format	Legality
Duel	Legal
Brawl	Not_legal
Penny	Legal
Predh	Legal
Future	Not_legal
Legacy	Legal
Modern	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Alchemy	Not_legal
Pioneer	Not_legal
Vintage	Legal
Explorer	Not_legal
Historic	Not_legal
Standard	Not_legal
Timeless	Not_legal
Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Not_legal
Oldschool	Not_legal
Premodern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Standardbrawl	Not_legal
Paupercommander	Legal

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Flip through the versions that exist in the MTG universe. Different arts, different frames, same epic card – which one's your favorite?

Plague Beetle (Ninth Edition)
Tom Fleming

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

No one knows whether they were named for the disease they carry or for the speed at which they multiply.

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Delta Price: $0.12

Plague Beetle (Seventh Edition)
Matt Cavotta

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

No one knows whether they were named for the diseases they carry or for the speed at which they multiply.

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Delta Price: $0.15

Plague Beetle (Eighth Edition)
Matt Cavotta

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

No one knows whether they were named for the disease they carry or for the speed at which they multiply.

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Delta Price: $0.09

Plague Beetle (Urza's Legacy)
Tom Fleming

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

It is the harbinger of disease, not the carrier.

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Delta Price: $0.11

Others by Tom Fleming

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Fire Ants (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each other creature without flying.

Visitors to Shiv fear the dragons, the goblins, or the viashino. Natives fear the ants.

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Plague Beetle (Ninth Edition)
Tom Fleming

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

No one knows whether they were named for the disease they carry or for the speed at which they multiply.

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Delta Price: $0.12

Fire Ants (Battle Royale Box Set)
Tom Fleming

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to each other creature without flying.

Visitors to Shiv fear the dragons, the goblins, or the viashino. Natives fear the ants.

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Delta Price: $0.46

Retaliation (The List)
Tom Fleming

Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

A foul, metallic stench clogged Urza's senses. It was then he knew his brother was no more.

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Delta Price: $0.13

Retaliation (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

A foul, metallic stench clogged Urza's senses. It was then he knew his brother was no more.

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Delta Price: $0.16

Dark Ritual (Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition)
Tom Fleming

Add {B}{B}{B}.

"From void evolved Phyrexia. Great Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus the Grand Evolution began." —*Phyrexian Scriptures*

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Delta Price: $2.91

Plague Beetle (Urza's Legacy)
Tom Fleming

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

It is the harbinger of disease, not the carrier.

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Delta Price: $0.11

Dark Ritual (World Championship Decks 1999)
Tom Fleming

Add {B}{B}{B}.

"From void evolved Phyrexia. Great Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus The Grand Evolution began." —*Phyrexian Scriptures*

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Delta Price: $1.58

Elvish Herder (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

{G}: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Before Urza and Mishra came to Argoth, the herders prevented their creatures from stampeding. During the war, they encouraged it.

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Delta Price: $0.29

Dark Ritual (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

Add {B}{B}{B}.

"From void evolved Phyrexia. Great Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus the Grand Evolution began." —*Phyrexian Scriptures*

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Delta Price: $2.02

Dark Ritual (The List)
Tom Fleming

Add {B}{B}{B}.

"From void evolved Phyrexia. Great Yawgmoth, Father of Machines, saw its perfection. Thus the Grand Evolution began." —*Phyrexian Scriptures*

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Delta Price: $3.37

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Plague Beetle

Card Legalities

Legalities

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Plague Beetle (Ninth Edition) Tom Fleming

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Plague Beetle (Eighth Edition) Matt Cavotta

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Dark Ritual (World Championship Decks 1999) Tom Fleming

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Plague Beetle (Ninth Edition)
Tom Fleming

Plague Beetle (Seventh Edition)
Matt Cavotta

Plague Beetle (Eighth Edition)
Matt Cavotta

Plague Beetle (Urza's Legacy)
Tom Fleming

Fire Ants (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

Plague Beetle (Ninth Edition)
Tom Fleming

Fire Ants (Battle Royale Box Set)
Tom Fleming

Retaliation (The List)
Tom Fleming

Retaliation (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

Dark Ritual (Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition)
Tom Fleming

Plague Beetle (Urza's Legacy)
Tom Fleming

Dark Ritual (World Championship Decks 1999)
Tom Fleming

Elvish Herder (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

Dark Ritual (Urza's Saga)
Tom Fleming

Dark Ritual (The List)
Tom Fleming