Dune Beetle

Creature — Insect

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#23169
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Dune Beetle card art
Dune Beetle is a 1/4 for two mana — a defensive body that trades poorly in combat and does nothing else. There is no competitive context where this rate justifies a slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Dune Beetle is a vanilla 1/4 for two mana, and that statline simply doesn't clear the bar in any format where other options exist. In Commander, a two-mana creature needs to generate value, enable a combo, or protect a strategy — Dune Beetle does none of those things. In Pauper, where efficient commons define the format, a vanilla body with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no keywords is unplayable. Legacy and Vintage don't register it at all. The only format where Dune Beetle could theoretically see play is a limited environment, and even there it's a late pick that fills out a defensive curve at best.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Dune Beetle sits firmly in bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box and stays there. There's no demand driver to push that price up, so treat it as a throwaway filler card rather than anything worth tracking.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.