Beast
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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
as of Murders at Karlov Manor 2.1% 2.1% 78.7% 8.5% 2.1% 4.3% 2.1% |
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Beast is a catch-all creature type used for large, monstrous, animal-like creatures.[1]
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
- Unknown
Specific types of Beasts
List
Type | Example | Native in | Description | Storyline |
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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.[2] 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.[3] | |
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)[4] | Loathsome Catoblepas | Theros | Catoblepas have the body of an ox, the head of a boar, and scales on their backs.[5] | |
Cerodons | Bull Cerodon | Alara (Naya) | A form of gargantuan from Naya.[6] Massive horned creatures that move surprisingly silently, but also can produce terrifying screams.[7] | |
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.[8] | |
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.[6] | |
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.[9] | ||
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.[10] |
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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.[11] 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.[12] | Employed by Volrath. |
Leucrocota | Ravenous Leucrocota | Theros | Reptilian hyena-like monsters | |
Lopers | Dominaria | Huge, red-scaled creatures used as mounts in Urborg.[13] | ||
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.[14][15] | ||
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.[16] 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.[6] | |
Rannets | Ridge Rannet | Alara (Naya) | A form of gargantuan from Naya.[17] | |
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.[18] 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.[19] | |
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.[20] | 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.[6] | |
Spiritmongers | Spiritmonger | Dominaria | Dominarian part-tree beasts that use a protective shield of dead spirits.[21] They are enraged by Phyrexian technology.[22] | |
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.[6] | |
Thraggs | Snapping Thragg | Dominaria | Multi-headed mountain beasts that expel flames.[23] | |
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.[24] | |
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.[25] Their digestion is stimulated by the presence of certain types of organic metal, such as tanglevine and gelfruits.[26] They were ridden by Viridian elves. | Source of the famous Vorrac Battlehorns[27] |
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.[18] | |
Zheng | Ferocious Zheng | Shenmeng | Known for their glowing horn and stone-rattling roar. These cat beasts are the fiercest predators in the forest. |
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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.[28] They are large, shaggy, furred creatures who wear masks and protect survivors from harm.[29] 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.[29] 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.[30] 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.[31] 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 |
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Beast | White | Creature — Beast | 4/4 | This creature can’t attack or block alone. | ||
Black | Creature — Beast | 3/3 | Deathtouch | |||
Green | Creature — Beast | 2/2 | ||||
Green | Creature — Beast | 4/2 | ||||
Green | Creature — Beast | 3/3 |
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Green | Creature — Beast | 4/4 | ||||
Green | Creature — Beast | 5/5 | ||||
Green | Creature — Beast | 5/5 | Trample | |||
Red/Green | Creature — Beast | 4/4 | Trample | |||
Red/Green/White | Creature — Beast | 8/8 | ||||
Colorless | Artifact Creature — Beast | 6/6 | ||||
Carnivore | Red | Creature — Beast | 3/1 | |||
Cat Beast | White | Creature — Cat Beast | 2/2 | |||
Dinosaur Beast | Green | Creature — Dinosaur Beast | X/X | Trample | ||
Fungus Beast | Green | Creature — Fungus Beast | 4/4 | Trample | ||
Phyrexian Beast | Green | Creature — Phyrexian Beast | 3/3 | Toxic 1 | ||
Green | Creature — Phyrexian Beast | 4/4 | ||||
Caller of the Pack | Green | Creature — Beast | 8/6 | Trample |
Trivia
- When Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths had a strong tribal theme in vision design, Beasts were the green-centered tribe.[32]
- 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.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 18, 2002). "Beast of Show". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (August 10, 2011). "Magic's Exclusive Creatures". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Chris Gleeson (December 4, 2018). "Ultimate Masters Art Descriptions". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (September 26, 2013). "Theran Pronunciation Quiz". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Trick Jarrett (November 08, 2013). "What is a Catoblepas?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d e Doug Beyer (November 5, 2008). "The Movers and Shakers of Naya". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Plane Shift: Amonkhet
- ↑ Doug Beyer & Jenna Helland (2008). A Planeswalker's Guide to Alara, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 978-0786951246
- ↑ Chainer's Torment
- ↑ Matt Cavotta (August 09, 2006). "The Incredible Hulk". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ (2008). Eventide Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Daneen McDermott, Scott McGough, and Jess Lebow (February 23, 2000). "The Magic Storyline Team Discusses Nemesis (archived)". wizards.com.
- ↑ J. Robert King (1998-1999). "Born to Greatness" The Duelist #29, 32, & 34.
- ↑ Legend of Jedit Ojanen
- ↑ Clayton Emery (2001). jedit. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Lexicon of the Future. Wizards of the Coast (2008). Archived from the original on August 8, 2009.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (June 10, 2009). "Graduation Day". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Wizards of the Coast (January 15, 2002). "The Lexicon Archive". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017.
- ↑ Seanan McGuire (September 03, 2021). "Tangles". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Trick Jarrett (May 10, 2013). "Bloodrush Art". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Daniel Stahl. "Remember Me? (archived)". wizards.com.
- ↑ Flavor text of Tear Asunder
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (September 10, 2002). "Sketches: Snapping Thragg". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (March 16, 2011). "Six Secrets Behind the Sets". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (May 14, 2007). "The Ferocious Vorrac". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Doug Beyer (October 20, 2010). "Three's a Craft". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021.
- ↑ Monty Ashley (September 27, 2010). "Copperhorn". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ The Preview Panel - MagicCon: Amsterdam (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (June 28, 2024).
- ↑ a b Emily Teng (June 28, 2024). "Planeswalker's Guide to Duskmourn". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Chris Mooney (April 2, 2020). "Planeswalker's Guide to Ikoria". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jay Annelli (2022). Magic: The Gathering - The Visual Guide, DK. ISBN-13 978-0744061055.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 20, 2020). "Ikoria of the Beholder, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.