Beacon Behemoth
Creature — Beast
: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24166
Beacon Behemoth gives a creature with power 5 or greater vigilance for one green mana at instant speed — relevant on offense and defense simultaneously without tapping your biggest threat. It's a narrow, low-powered effect that rarely justifies a slot over permanents that grant vigilance unconditionally.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Beacon Behemoth is a bulk common that sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — formats where a 3/5 body with a conditional activated ability can't keep pace with available threats and answers. In Pauper, the power-5-or-greater threshold is hard to meet consistently in a format defined by small creatures and efficient commons, making it a fringe consideration at best. Commander is the only format where Beacon Behemoth has a plausible home, specifically in decks that reliably field large creatures and want to protect them through combat by leaving blockers up — though even there, a permanent granting unconditional vigilance will almost always outperform it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Beacon Behemoth is deep bulk — no financial reason to avoid picking one up if the effect fits a build. Bulk commons at this price point don't appreciate, so treat it as a pure utility call rather than a pickup with any upside.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.