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Mortician Beetle

Card Name

Mortician Beetle

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Insect

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Flavor Text

To the soldier, war is famine; to the scavenger, a feast.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(3/14/2017)
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.
(3/14/2017)
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.