Beetle, Legacy Criminal
Flying {1}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains flying until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
How Beetle decks play in EDH
Beetle, Legacy Criminal is a mono-blue commander costing 3U, and its legendary creature - human rogue villain line shapes the whole deck around it. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Beetle, Legacy Criminal decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $140Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (6)
Counterspells (3)
Creatures (10)
Synergy & payoffs (1)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Beetle, Legacy Criminal decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Beetle, Legacy Criminal deck?
Beetle, Legacy Criminal has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Beetle, Legacy Criminal?
The cards played most often in Beetle, Legacy Criminal decks include Goggles of Night, Ichorclaw Myr, Guildpact Informant. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Beetle, Legacy Criminal deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $140 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Beetle, Legacy Criminal deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.