---
name: "Rot Farm Mortipede"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "102"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Loïc Canavaggia"
oracle_id: "1f4d3a96-bc30-4362-9c1f-40bf79f78e78"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rot-farm-mortipede-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rot Farm Mortipede
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+0 and gains menace and lifelink until end of turn.

> *Every week, the necropsy lab's unclaimed bodies are transferred to the Golgari for "recycling."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gristle Grinner](/printing/gristle-grinner-jmp.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Rotfeaster Maggot](/printing/rotfeaster-maggot-bbd.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Feral Ghoul](/printing/feral-ghoul-pip.md) — Creature — Zombie Mutant
4. [Amzu, Swarm's Hunger](/printing/amzu-swarms-hunger-clu.md) — Legendary Creature — Insect Shaman
5. [Carrion Grub](/printing/carrion-grub-m21.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Relentless Dead](/printing/relentless-dead-psoi.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #102
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Loïc Canavaggia
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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