---
name: "Pincher Beetles"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Shroud"]
set: "10E"
set_name: "Tenth Edition"
collector_number: "285"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Stephen Daniele"
oracle_id: "0fae1c73-fd34-433e-8989-fbd80e3b1c70"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pincher-beetles-10e"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pincher Beetles
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Shroud

## Oracle Text
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

> *"Non è giusto Da quando un bacherozzo può sbavarmi addosso?" —Squee, mozzo goblin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deadly Insect](/printing/deadly-insect-all.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Hawkeater Moth](/printing/hawkeater-moth-usg.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Mist Leopard](/printing/mist-leopard-m10.md) — Creature — Cat
4. [Kalonian Behemoth](/printing/kalonian-behemoth-m10.md) — Creature — Beast
5. [Glimpse, the Unthinkable](/printing/glimpse-the-unthinkable-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Illusion Rogue
6. [Cephalid Inkshrouder](/printing/cephalid-inkshrouder-jud.md) — Creature — Octopus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tenth Edition (10E) #285
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Stephen Daniele
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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