Advocate of the Beast
Creature — Elf Shaman
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on target Beast creature you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #21339
Advocate of the Beast puts a +1/+1 counter on a target Beast you control at end of turn — reliable, repeatable, and it costs nothing beyond its three-mana body. The catch is that it demands a dedicated Beast tribal shell to do any real work, making it a role-player in one archetype rather than a broadly useful card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Advocate of the Beast is a Commander card through and through — the 60-card formats move too fast for a 2/3 that drips out one counter per turn cycle, and Beast tribal has no meaningful competitive presence in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy. Pauper is where it's technically playable at common, but the format's threat density makes a slow accumulation engine like Advocate of the Beast a liability. In Commander, Beast tribal builds helmed by commanders like Ayula, Queen Among Bears or Surrak Dragonclaw get real mileage from it as a cheap, permanent source of counter distribution across a wide board.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Advocate of the Beast is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than purchase individually. It holds that floor confidently; there's no competitive demand to push it higher, and any Beast tribal player who wants it will have no trouble finding copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.