Beastie Beatdown
Sorcery
Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, put two +1/+1 counters on the creature you control.
The creature you control deals damage equal to its power to the creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #14063
Beastie Beatdown deals damage equal to a creature's power to any target — stapled onto a spell that also pumps that creature — making it a removal spell and a threat in one card. The cost is real: this is a sorcery, which means no combat tricks, and it only shines when you already have a large creature on board. Wolverine, Best There Is is the obvious home, where the poison counter synergy and naturally high power make this a near-unconditional kill shot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wolverine, Best There Is
Wolverine, Best There Is hits hard enough that Beastie Beatdown doubles as a removal spell and a stat boost in the same turn, letting Wolverine's poisonous ability close games while clearing whatever's blocking the path.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Beastie Beatdown is legal across every major constructed format, but competitive play has no real use for it — Gruul has better burn and better pump at every point on the curve. In Commander, the card earns its slot in high-power creature decks where the board presence to back it up is essentially guaranteed, turning it into a Fling-adjacent finisher that doesn't sacrifice the creature. Outside of Wolverine, Best There Is and similar stompy commanders, the sorcery speed and board dependency make it too conditional to reliably recommend.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Beastie Beatdown sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking it up as throw-in, not a purchase. Bulk rares and commons at this price floor don't appreciate, so run it because the effect fits, not as a hedge on anything.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.