Pincher Beetles
Creature — Insect
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28355
Pincher Beetles is a 3/1 for three mana with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no text beyond the creature type — it trades on the board with a 1/1 token and leaves nothing behind. There is no competitive context where Pincher Beetles is the right card for the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pincher Beetles is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pauper, Commander, and Oathbreaker, and it sees meaningful play in none of them. In Pauper, where common creatures live or die by rate, a vanilla 3/1 for three competes against creatures that draw cards, generate tokens, or win combat repeatedly — Pincher Beetles does none of that. In Commander, 100-card singleton raises the floor on what a three-mana creature needs to do, and a body with no utility, no synergy text, and no tribal home clears nothing. Across every legal format, the card is outclassed by alternatives at the same mana cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Pincher Beetles sits firmly in bulk territory — the price of a card that fills out a booster pack, not a deck slot. Bulk commons don't appreciate; this one holds its floor only because the floor is already the lowest possible number.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.