Beast

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Beasts of Bogardan. Art by Daniel Gelon.

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.

Specific types of Beasts

Type	Example	Native in	Description	Storyline
Anurids	Anurid Barkripper	Dominaria (Otaria)	Amphibious, frog-like creatures. Appear to be water-dwelling.
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 Stegosauruses 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.
Catoblepas	Loathsome Catoblepas	Theros	It has the body of an ox, the head of a boar, and scales on its back.
Cerodons	Bull Cerodon	Dominaria (Otaria) Amonkhet	Massive horned creatures that move suprisingly silently, but also can produce terrifying screams..
Craghorns	Battering Craghorn	Alara (Naya) Amonkhet	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.
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.
Gargadons	Lesser Gargadon	Dominaria	Enormous elephant-like beasts with horns.	Used as war-beasts in Keld.
Gnarr	Glade Gnarr	Dominaria	Akin to a mix between a raptor and an antelope.	Long thought merely a Dominarian legend.
Gnarlid	Gnarlid Pack	Zendikar	Wolverine -like beast with horns.
Gournas	Needleshot Gourna	Dominaria (Otaria)	Treeclimbing scaled anteaters from Krosa.
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.
Vizzerdrixes	Vizzerdrix	Dominaria	Vicious rabbit-beasts
Jiaos	Leopard-Spotted Jiao	Plane of Mountains and Seas	This strange beast has the hide of a leopard, the howl of a dog, and the horns of an ox.
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 stone humanoids.	Employed by Volrath.
Leucrocota	Ravenous Leucrocota	Rath	Reptilian horse-lions.
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.
Rigida		Dominaria (Terisiare)	Ice Beasts.	They overran the state of Almaaz immediately after the Brothers' War.
Shaleskins	Shaleskin Plower	Dominaria (Otaria)	Enormous reptiles with stone-like skins.
Si	Earthshaking Si	Plane of Mountains and Seas	Maned pedatores with one long horn on their noses.
Slaughterhorns	Slaughterhorn	Ravnica	Unpredictable ox-like creature with multiple horns.	Associated with the Gruul.
Snidds	Sea Snidd	Rath Dominaria	Land-transforming eel-like creatures with limbs.
Thragtusks	Thragtusk	Shandalar	Longhaired, fanged, aurochs-like beasts.
Tyrranaxes	Alpha Tyrranax	Mirrodin.	Large, metal-enhanced reptiles.
Vizzerdrixes	Vizzerdrix	Dominaria	Vicious rabbit-beasts
Vorracs	Copperhoof Vorrac	Mirrodin.	Metal-enhanced beasts, similar to giant warthogs.	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.
Zheng	Ferocious Zheng	Plane of Mountains and Seas	Known for their glowing horn and stone-rattling roar. These cat beasts are the fiercest predators in the forest.

Beast tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Beast	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

• 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.