Rot Farm Mortipede
Creature — Insect
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+0 and gains menace and lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #20807
Rot Farm Mortipede is a five-mana 5/4 that makes every opponent sacrifice a creature when it enters — solid immediate board impact for a sacrifice or graveyard deck. The cost is that it does nothing beyond that trigger unless you're building around it, making it a one-shot value piece rather than an engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rot Farm Mortipede is legal across every major format but sees essentially no play outside Commander, where forced sacrifice on a body fits neatly into Golgari or Jund sacrifice shells. In Commander specifically, the three-player edict effect is genuinely useful — you're stripping one creature from each opponent simultaneously, which can disrupt go-wide strategies or clear blockers before a swing. In 60-card formats it's too slow and too narrow; Plaguecrafter and Fleshbag Marauder do the same job cheaper and with more redundancy.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Rot Farm Mortipede is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin, not ordering it specifically. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate; run it if you own it, but it's not worth a dedicated purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.