---
name: "Virus Beetle"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "EOE"
set_name: "Edge of Eternities"
collector_number: "124"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Leesha Hannigan"
oracle_id: "e1e489f6-37e5-469e-bca3-0e9d3fc3fa95"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/virus-beetle-eoe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Virus Beetle
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.

> *The Eumidian biotechs were delighted when a mutated malware gene devastated their systems. They'd encourage the trait, so long as future clutches could be contained.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Send in the Pest](/printing/send-in-the-pest-sos.md) — Sorcery
2. [Cackling Fiend](/printing/cackling-fiend-brb.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Skullslither Worm](/printing/skullslither-worm-j22.md) — Creature — Worm
4. [Blister Beetle](/printing/blister-beetle-ala.md) — Creature — Insect
5. [Hecteyes](/printing/hecteyes-fin.md) — Creature — Ooze Horror
6. [Dirty Rat](/printing/dirty-rat-und.md) — Host Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Edge of Eternities (EOE) #124
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Leesha Hannigan
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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