Bond Beetle

Creature — Insect

When Bond Beetle enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Slashdance on Woodland's Wrath

1 year ago

The Bond Beetle was to sub in for the Young Wolf if I need to also put in Grafdigger's Cage. I'll see what I can do, or maybe I just won't use Grafdigger's ... it seems a little problematic with the deck atm. Not sure, lol.

StoryArcher on Woodland's Wrath

1 year ago

And definitely consider swapping Damping Sphere in place of Bond Beetle in your sideboard. It shuts down Tron and Storm decks, among others.

Wabbajacke on You Gon' Need Some Pesticide for This!

2 years ago

If you want to stick with the +1/+1 counter theme a little bit more, maybe one of those too? Scute Mob Mortician Beetle

Devouring Swarm as a sac outlet in combination with Gleancrawler ? So you can sac Bond Beetle and Duskshell Crawler and bring them back for more +1/+1 counters. And you could use Grist, the Hunger Tide last ability to deal even more damage.

Then Iridescent Hornbeetle would also fit better in my opinion.

And Scute Swarm for a never ending swarm of Insects?

Swarm Shambler Is not an Insect but i think it still fits the theme somehow. But it will stop your mill from Grist, the Hunger Tide so it´s maybe not that good.

Swarmyard ?

Balaam__ on Schrute Farms -(Jeskai Land Destruction)-

3 years ago

Fact: Grizzly Bears eat Bond Beetle s. Grizzly Bears , Bond Beetle s, Battlefield Raptor .

fmastrome2008 on All Creature Animar Primer

3 years ago

Keeping all creatures in mind, here are a few classics you're missing for your typical Animar combo deck...

1. Bond Beetle gets you 2 counters on Animar for 1 green mana.

2. Walking Ballista is the other wincon for combo decks alongside Purphoros once Ancestral Statue does its thing.

3. I utilize Sakura-Tribe Elder alongside Sylvan Ranger for land grabbing at the 2 CMC slot. Of course with Animar, he typically just costs a green mana.

4. Since you have 2-3 ways to draw your entire deck, utilize Thassa's Oracle to win on the spot. Laboratory Maniac does the same thing, but Oracle is better since its effect goes onto the stack immediately and it being countered doesn't matter.

5. Mulldrifter is great card draw for a single blue mana.

6. Sylvan Safekeeper is a great way to push through commander damage, counter spells, keep Animar safe, etc...

fmastrome2008 on Marvin's Take on Animar

3 years ago

Bond Beetle does so much for Animar decks. 1 green mana, 2 counters for Animar. Highly recommend it!

fmastrome2008 on The Party Animar Has Arrived

3 years ago

Bond Beetle lets you get a 2nd counter on Animar when he comes out. Highly recommend him.

I am in agreement with Last_Laugh. This curve should be well below 4, if not below 3.

Kogarashi on Does Bond Beetle Trigger Phalanx …

4 years ago

As others have mentioned, Phalanx Leader triggers off of a spell you cast targeting it. This means the object targeting it must be a spell on the stack. It can't be an ability.

Bond Beetle has an ability that triggers when it enters the battlefield, and it's this ability that targets a creature. Since it's an ability and not a spell, it won't trigger Phalanx Leader.

Something that would trigger Phalanx Leader would be an instant like Colossal Heroics, a sorcery like Desperate Stand, or an Aura like Flickering Ward (since Auras always target while they're on the stack).

One way to tell if something is a spell targeting a creature or not for the purposes of the Heroic ability is to look at the wording. Triggered abilities always start with (or contain, in the case of delayed triggered abilities) "When," "Whenever," or "At" (like the Heroic ability on Phalanx Leader and the ETB on Bond Beetle). Triggered abilities will not trigger Heroic. This is also why Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger's first ability doesn't work, because it is an ability that triggers on casting; it's not part of a spell resolution.