---
name: "Vexing Beetle"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "LGN"
set_name: "Legions"
collector_number: "143"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Thompson"
oracle_id: "30d3645f-307d-4164-a8f0-336d484b5020"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/vexing-beetle-lgn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Vexing Beetle
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered.
This creature gets +3/+3 as long as no opponent controls a creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bond Beetle](/printing/bond-beetle-m13.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Nessian Hornbeetle](/printing/nessian-hornbeetle-fdn.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Blightbeetle](/printing/blightbeetle-m20.md) — Creature — Insect
4. [Decimator Beetle](/printing/decimator-beetle-akh.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Stag Beetle](/printing/stag-beetle-ons.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Vexing Shusher](/printing/vexing-shusher-prm.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legions (LGN) #143
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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