Blightbeetle
Blightbeetle: Creature - Insect, Core Set 2020. Protection from green. Creatures your opponents control can't have +1/+1 counters put on them. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Insect
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020 (M20)
- Released
- 2019-07-12
- Collector number
- 87
- Artist
- Jason Kang
- Commander rank
- 7,211 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Protection
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About Blightbeetle
Blightbeetle is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Core Set 2020 (M20), a core set released in July 2019. It is collector number 87 in that set, with art by Jason Kang. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Core Set 2020 (2019) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Protection from green (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything green.)
Creatures your opponents control can't have +1/+1 counters put on them.
Leaf and soul alike wither at its touch.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Blightbeetle by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Blightbeetle
Blightbeetle has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #M20-87 | Uncommon | 2024 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Blightbeetle, newest first.
- Creatures your opponents control won’t receive +1/+1 counters as they enter the battlefield.
- Blightbeetle doesn’t remove any +1/+1 counters already on creatures your opponents control.
- If the cost of an ability or an additional cost of a spell requires putting +1/+1 counters on a creature affected by Blightbeetle, that cost can’t be paid. If a resolving spell or ability says that a player may put +1/+1 counters on that creature, that player can’t choose to do so.
- If a replacement effect allows a player to modify or replace an event by putting +1/+1 counters on a creature affected by Blightbeetle, that player may apply that replacement effect, but they won’t get counters. If the original event is entirely replaced (such as by applying Vigor’s replacement effect), the entire original event simply doesn’t happen.
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