---
name: "Carrion Beetles"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "d64a51be-2dd1-485f-98fa-c93d4c296e68"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/carrion-beetles-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Carrion Beetles
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{2}{B}, {T}: Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Famished Ghoul](/printing/famished-ghoul-ody.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Scarab Feast](/printing/scarab-feast-akr.md) — Instant
3. [Decompose](/printing/decompose-wc03.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rats' Feast](/printing/rats-feast-phuk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gravegouger](/printing/gravegouger-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
6. [Carrionette](/printing/carrionette-tmp.md) — Creature — Skeleton

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #122
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`