Necrosquito
Creature — Phyrexian Insect
Flying
This creature enters with two oil counters on it.
This creature gets +1/+1 for each oil counter on it.
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put an oil counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #14524
Necrosquito enters with a -1/-1 counter to distribute, then distributes another whenever it deals combat damage — repeatable counter placement stapled to a deathtouch body that makes every attack a credible threat. The cost is a 1/2 for three mana, which is underpowered on rate, so you run it because the counter engine does work, not because the body does.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Necrosquito is a Commander card — the -1/-1 counter synergies it enables are too slow and build-around to compete in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where a three-mana 1/2 with a conditional trigger gets ignored entirely. In Commander, it slots cleanly into Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Skullbriar, the Walking Grave shells where every counter placed is a free resource, and deathtouch on a repeatable damage-dealer forces opponents to either block into it or let the counters accumulate. Oathbreaker is a legal home but a narrower metagame; same evaluation applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Necrosquito is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar bin, not paying for it on its own. Bulk rares and uncommons with niche synergy profiles like this rarely move unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so don't expect the price to do anything interesting.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.