Dune Beetle
Creature — Insect
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #23169
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
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
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.