Beast

Beast
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	495 cards 0.2% 4.8% 9.3% 7.9% 17.4% 43% 0.2% 0.2% 1% 2.4% 2% 0.2% 0.6% 1.8% 0.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.4% 47 Beast creation cards 2.1% 2.1% 78.7% 8.5% 2.1% 4.3% 2.1% as of Murders at Karlov Manor
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type:"Beast"

Beast is a catch-all creature type used for large, monstrous, animal-like creatures.

History

The first creature to bear the type was Beasts of Bogardan in Legends (though the Clockwork Beast from Alpha and Guardian Beast from Arabian Nights were later issued errata to become beasts), but it wasn't until Tempest that the "beast" subtype attained widespread usage. Later, in the Odyssey and Onslaught blocks, "beast" became a common "tribe" with considerable inter-card support.

Grand Creature Type Update

In the Grand Creature Type Update the creature types Carnivore (Tooth and Claw), Lurker (Lurker), Villain (Spinal Villain) and Frostbeast (Kjeldoran Frostbeast) were changed into Beast. On the other hand Glowing Anemone was changed from Beast to Anemone, while later reverting to Beast and gaining the added Jellyfish type. Warthog shortly was a Beast (Warthog) before being turned into a Boar.

Notable Beasts

Alara

• Uril

Dominaria

• The Howling Abomination
• Turg
• Uurg

Eldraine

• Questing Beast

Ikoria

• Brokkos
• Illuna
• Kaheera
• Nethroi
• Otrimi
• Tayam
• Yannik

New Phyrexia

• Kethek
• Migloz
• Rothga

Unknown

• Anara
• Fortune
• Gahiji
• Loot
• Marath

Specific types of Beasts

List

Type	Example	Native in	Description	Storyline
Alms Beasts	Alms Beast	Ravnica	Giant, muscular, hairless, grey beasts which can be ridden by groups of people.	Used by the Orzhov.
Anurids	Anurid Barkripper	Dominaria (Otaria)	Amphibious, frog-like creatures. Appear to be water-dwelling.
Aquamoebae	Aquamoeba	Dominaria	Watery elementals
Aquuses	Aquus Steed	Ravnica	Sleek amphibious horse-like creatures with a crest on the head like a fish's fin. Graceful in water but darts and jerks on land.	No-one can ride it for long due to its darting and jerking.
Arashin War Beasts	Arashin War Beast	Tarkir	Hairy muscular beasts with metal armor on backs, able to stand on hind legs and perform magic.	Used by the Abzan.
Arborback Stompers	Arborback Stomper	Kaladesh	Woody beasts with green stripes, green ferns growing from their backs, a horn coming from the top of their snouts, and small crests coming from the back of their heads.	Altered by touching the aether, having been drawn there like a magnetic force. It is unclear which of its unusual qualities are due to the aether, and which are natural.
Arc-Sloggers	Arc-Slogger	Mirrodin	Pink, hairless, six-legged, with one eye, an electric tail, and spikes protruding from their backs, with electricity at the end of them. They smell of ozone.
Avaraxes	Avarax	Dominaria (Otaria)	Vaguely humanoid, reddish-orange, two pairs of arms, covered in red spikes, no eyes, big mouths, and sharp teeth. They have the ability to call each other together.
Axebane Beasts	Axebane Beast	Ravnica	Spikes on the back similar to a pinecone, four pairs of tusks each progressively smaller as you go back, elephantine feet. Extremely territorial and short-tempered.	Known to the urban hunters.
Baloths	Obstinate Baloth	Dominaria Zendikar	Lizard-like creatures, often with horns protruding from their heads and backs. Most have sharp claws and daggerlike teeth. However, some forms native to Zendikar resemble rhinoceroses or stegosaurids with hooves.	Favored by Garruk
Batterhorns	Batterhorn	Ravnica	Giant horned predators.	Very destructive creatures when they enter densely inhabited areas.
Beasts of Bogardan	Beasts of Bogardan	Dominaria (Bogardan)	Fiery dog-like creatures.	Some were summoned by Johan to fight Jedit Ojanen in Palmyra.
Binoxes	Charging Binox	Kylem	Two-headed horned predators, bred for flashiness and foul temper	Used in the arena of Valor's Reach.
Bogbeasts	Blossoming Bogbeast	Arcavios	Crude and clumsy swamp creatures.
Bogles	Slippery Bogle	Lorwyn–Shadowmoor	A small beast with long legs and slick or slimy skin.
Bogstompers	Bogstomper	Unknown (possibly Skalla)	Enormous animals somewhere between a crocodile and an elephant with vegetation growing on back described as gentle herbivores	At some point, Vivien Reid encountered at least one - she seems to know a lot about them
Calamity Beasts	Maha, Its Feathers Night	Bloomburrow	Huge, earth-shaking elemental predators that carry the change of climate and environment with them. They wreak disaster on an unprecedented scale while they move through the landscape.
Catoblepas (Cah-toh-BLEE-pahs)	Loathsome Catoblepas	Theros	Catoblepas have the body of an ox, the head of a boar, and scales on their backs.
Cerodons	Bull Cerodon	Alara (Naya) Amonkhet	A form of gargantuan from Naya. Massive horned creatures that move surprisingly silently, but also can produce terrifying screams.
Chupacabras	Lurking Chupacabra	Ixalan	Malicious horror beasts based on the more canine-looking interpretations of this cryptid.
Craghorns	Battering Craghorn	Dominaria (Otaria)	Giant goat-like creatures with large horns.
Darba	Darba	Dominaria (Jamuraa)	Enormous bird beasts, that are relatives of the parea. They can grow upwards of twenty-five feet and are capable of picking up oxen in their beaks.	They would attack even well-armed Keldon encampments in search of food.
Dreg Reavers	Dreg Reaver	Alara (Grixis)	Heavily armored zombies used by Grixis's necromancers.
Fangren	Fangren Pathcutter	Mirrodin	Humanoid creatures, propelling themselves on two legs while their frontal extremities bear sharp claws. They have antelope-like heads and horns but maws with dagger-like teeth.	Big ones hunt the elves, so the elves hunt the small ones to keep them from getting big.
Ferox	Nullhide Ferox	Ravnica	Large hairy predators. All fangs, tusks, and claws.
Firebeasts	Goretusk Firebeast	Dominaria (Otaria)	Fiery elemental creatures, resembling oxen or boars.	As a youth, Kamahl took one for a pet.
Galefangs	Howling Galefang	Eldraine	Bear-like beasts, able to create a magical wind.	Kept as pets by Giants.
Gargadons	Lesser Gargadon	Dominaria	Enormous elephant-like beasts with horns.	Used as war-beasts in Keld, though Gargadon depicts it as dicynodont-like.
Gargaroths	Elder Gargaroth	Unknown
Gnarlid	Gnarlid Pack	Zendikar	Wolverine -like beast with horns.
Gnarr	Glade Gnarr	Dominaria, Ikoria	Deer- or antelope-like creatures that inhabit wetlands.	Long thought merely a Dominarian legend.
Godsires	Godsire	Alara (Naya)	An almighty form of gargantuan from Naya.
Goriaks	Mosscoat Goriak	Ikoria	Large, stubborn, and hardy herbivores from wetland habitats. They have beautiful voices.
Gournas	Needleshot Gourna	Dominaria (Otaria)	Treeclimbing scaled anteaters from Krosa.
Grendelkin		Dominaria (Otaria)	Hairy, warty things with natural armor plates, with a huge head but spindly legs that drag uselessly behind them as they walk on their knuckles.
Guardian Beast	Guardian Beast	Rabiah	A powerful multilimbed, shadowy creature	Found in the workshop of El Hajjaj, guarding the City in a Bottle. It was fought off by the Dervish Taysir.
Hystrodons	Macetail Hystrodon	Dominaria (Otaria)	Ankylosaur-like beasts.
Indriks	Indrik Stomphowler	Ravnica	Massive beasts similar to prehistoric indricotheres. Possibly named after the Slavic mythological creature that named that group as well.
Jiaos	Leopard-Spotted Jiao	Shenmeng	This strange beast has the hide of a leopard, the howl of a dog, and the horns of an ox.
Kelpies	River Kelpie	Shadowmoor, Arcavios	Ugly, vicious blob-like creatures on Shadowmoor or horselike spirits on Arcavios. On Shadowmoor, kelpies use mind-clouding magic to lure victims to the river's edge, then use lightning-fast jaws to devour them. They have an eerie ability to survive injuries that should be lethal.
Kronch	Raging Kronch	Ravnica	Snorting and drooling beasts with many tusks and horns, employed by the Gruul.
Krovods	Bazaar Krovod	Ravnica	Large horned ox-like creatures. Often used as beasts of burden.
Krushoks	Feral Krushok	Tarkir	Large, rhino-like beasts.
Laccoliths	Laccolith Warrior	Rath	Large, burrowing lizard-like humanoids mutated by the environmental effects of Rath to turn to stone.	Employed by Volrath.
Leucrocota	Ravenous Leucrocota	Theros	Reptilian hyena-like monsters
Lopers		Dominaria	Huge, red-scaled creatures used as mounts in Urborg.
Lorians	Treespring Lorian	Dominaria (Otaria)	Ferocious sloth-like beasts living in the treetops of Krosa.
Manglehorns	Manglehorn	Amonkhet	The name says it all.
Monox		Dominaria	A large mount used by Jedit Ojanen. An ungainly brute half the size of an elephant with the ugliest features of camel and horse.
Nodorogs	Gruul Nodorog	Ravnica	Lean predators with three horns and large claws.
Primadoxes	Roaring Primadox	Shandalar	Bipedal ape-like monsters with large fangs.
Quagnoths	Quagnoth	Rath	A relative of the Scragnoth, native to acidic seas and ironkelp beds. The quagnoth's scales, resilient enough to withstand the acidic waters of its home, are equally resistant to magic.
Rakeclaws	Rakeclaw Gargantuan	Alara (Naya)	A form of gargantuan from Naya.
Rannets	Ridge Rannet	Alara (Naya)	A form of gargantuan from Naya.
Rigida		Dominaria (Terisiare)	Ice Beasts.	They overran the state of Almaaz immediately after the Brothers' War.
Scalpelexis	Scalpelexis	Dominaria	An unusual beast that lands on its victims heads and robs bits of knowledge from them. Its name is a combination of scalp, scalpel, and lexis (meaning "word").
Shadowbeast	Shadowbeast Sighting	Innistrad	A warped and twisted parody of a humanoid, caught somewhere at the intersection between man, beast, and tree.
Shaleskins	Shaleskin Plower	Dominaria (Otaria)	Enormous reptiles with stone-like skins.
Si	Earthshaking Si	Shenmeng	Maned predators with one long horn on their noses.
Slaughterhorns	Slaughterhorn	Ravnica	Unpredictable ox-like creature with multiple horns.	Beasts that are associated with the Gruul.
Sloths	Relic Sloth, Arboreal Grazer	Ravnica, Arcavios	Sloths are for now typed as beasts.	Most sloths seen so far seem to be giant ground sloths.
Snapjaw	Adaptive Snapjaw	Ravnica	Part toad, part lizard, possibly part mouse.	Artificially created by the Simic.
Snidds	Sea Snidd	Rath Dominaria	Land-transforming eel-like creatures with limbs.
Spearbreakers	Spearbreaker Behemoth	Alara (Naya)	A form of gargantuan from Naya.
Spiritmongers	Spiritmonger	Dominaria	Dominarian part-tree beasts that use a protective shield of dead spirits. They are enraged by Phyrexian technology.
Starrix	Auspicious Starrix	Ikoria	Giant Elk Beasts.
Tanadon	Thundering Tanadon	New Phyrexia
Thoctars	Woolly Thoctar	Alara	Some of the most ferocious and deadly gargantuans from Naya.
Thraggs	Snapping Thragg	Dominaria	Multi-headed mountain beasts that expel flames.
Thragtusks	Thragtusk	Shandalar	Longhaired, fanged, aurochs-like beasts.
Trudges	Brackish Trudge	Arcavios	Lumbering beasts covered with decaying plant matter, making them ideal breeding grounds for fungal spores.
Tyrranaxes	Alpha Tyrranax	Mirrodin.	Large, metal-enhanced reptiles.
Vizzerdrixes	Vizzerdrix	Dominaria	Vicious rabbit-beasts	"A bored wizard once created a vizzerdrix out of a bunny and a piranha. He never made that mistake again." - 7th Ed. flavor text
Vorracs	Copperhoof Vorrac	Mirrodin.	Metal-enhanced beasts, similar to giant warthogs. Their digestion is stimulated by the presence of certain types of organic metal, such as tanglevine and gelfruits. They were ridden by Viridian elves.	Source of the famous Vorrac Battlehorns
Wumpuses	Hunted Wumpus	Dominaria (Shiv) Mercadia	They are elephant-like but with a woolly head and gigantic teeth, and without a trunk. Their hooves may have claws. Their name is a reference to the game Hunt the Wumpus.
Zheng	Ferocious Zheng	Shenmeng	Known for their glowing horn and stone-rattling roar. These cat beasts are the fiercest predators in the forest.
Zeppelids	Assault Zeppelid	Ravnica	Long bulbous sea creature-like beasts, small green wart-like features on their undersides, large, inflated, green air-sacs on top, a honeycomb texture on the rest of it. Able to fly, probably with the air-sacs.	Created by the Simic, intended to create a fierce bidding war between the Orzhov and Azorius to fund the final stages of Project Kraj.

Storyline

Duskmourn

Duskmourn's beasts, known as "beasties," are the plane's former pets that transformed during Valgavoth's ascension. They are large, shaggy, furred creatures who wear masks and protect survivors from harm. Above all, beasties want to be loved and appreciated. Beasties are fiercely loyal and won't hesitate to attack anyone who threatens their new friend.

The face beneath a beastie's mask is their most guarded secret. Beasties live in constant fear of their human companions seeing their real faces, which are visages of dried flesh tethered to exposed skulls. Beasties know these faces are terrifying, hideous mockeries of living flesh. If a human does ever catch a glimpse of a beastie's real face, the beastie will abandon them or even grow enraged and attack, driven in anger to kill anyone who knows its true appearance.

Ikoria

Herbivorous Beasts form one of the dominant clades of Ikoria and are mainly associated with the lush forests of Zagoth. Identifiable by their woolly fur, horns or antlers, and stumpy or cloven feet, most of them resemble large herbivores — elk, rhinos, camels, boars, and the like — but it is dangerous to conclude that they are at all docile. Even smaller beast monsters are territorial and irascible, liable to stampede or trample when they are alarmed or threatened. While most are large and lumbering, there are also many smaller, graceful beasts that more closely resemble horses or antelopes.

Gallery

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  Zendikari Beast concept by Aleksi Briclot.

Tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Beast	White	Creature — Beast	4/4	This creature can’t attack or block alone.	Toby, Beastie Befriender
	Black	Creature — Beast	3/3	Deathtouch	Garruk, Apex Predator
	Green	Creature — Beast	2/2		Keeper of the Beasts
	Green	Creature — Beast	4/2		Trial of Strength
	Green	Creature — Beast	3/3		Beast Within Bringer of the Green Dawn Curious Herd Druid of Horns Elder Gargaroth Feral Incarnation Fresh Meat Garruk Wildspeaker Garruk, Primal Hunter Garruk, Unleashed Herd Migration The Huntsman's Redemption Midsummer Revel Primeval Bounty Pulse of the Tangle Radagast, Wizard of Wilds Savage Conception Sawtusk Demolisher Somberwald Beastmaster Soul of Zendikar Thragtusk Trumpeting Gnarr Vivien, Monsters' Advocate Wild Endeavor
	Green	Creature — Beast	4/4		Baloth Cage Trap Beast Attack Combine Chrysalis Herd Baloth Hunting Pack Rampaging Baloths Shadowbeast Sighting Somberwald Beastmaster
	Green	Creature — Beast	5/5		One Dozen Eyes
	Green	Creature — Beast	5/5	Trample	Spawning Grounds
	Red/​Green	Creature — Beast	4/4	Trample	Domri, Chaos Bringer Threat
	Red/​Green/​White	Creature — Beast	8/8		Godsire
	Colorless	Artifact Creature — Beast	6/6		Architect of the Untamed
Carnivore	Red	Creature — Beast	3/1		Tooth and Claw
Cat Beast	White	Creature — Cat Beast	2/2		Felidar Retreat
Dinosaur Beast	Green	Creature — Dinosaur Beast	X/X	Trample	Quartzwood Crasher
Fungus Beast	Green	Creature — Fungus Beast	4/4	Trample	Trudge Garden
Phyrexian Beast	Green	Creature — Phyrexian Beast	3/3	Toxic 1	Goliath Hatchery Lukka, Bound to Ruin Viral Spawning
	Green	Creature — Phyrexian Beast	4/4		Ezuri's Predation
Caller of the Pack	Green	Creature — Beast	8/6	Trample	Caller of the Pack

Trivia

• When Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths had a strong tribal theme in vision design, Beasts were the green-centered tribe.
• Beast of Burden is not a Beast.
• Krosan Warchief is a Beast Lord.
• Gruul Keyrune is a manstone that can become a 3/2 red and green Beast artifact creature with trample.
• Hidden Predators is a Enchantment that can become a 4/4 green Beast.
• Originally referred to by the community as "booster ruiners", Trained Orgg's and Vizzerdrix's foil versions came to grow into valuable and coveted collector cards - partially because of the meme, partially because of the nostalgia. They also have grown to be probably some of most famous Beast-type creatures in the game. As of March 2022, the prices for these cards ranged from $80USD to $160USD according to MTGGoldfish - while in E-Bay they were being sold for as high as $120USD to $265USD.