Ember Beast
Creature — Beast
This creature can't attack or block alone.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #29158
Ember Beast is a 3/4 for three mana with a relevant body, but the drawback — it can't attack or block alone — is a hard limiter that demands a deck built around it. Outside of creature-dense aggro shells, that restriction makes it a bench 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 |
Ember Beast sees essentially no competitive play across any format — the attack restriction is too punishing in formats where board presence is contested and creatures trade frequently. In Pauper, where commons do real work, it still doesn't crack lists because three mana buys better stats without strings attached. Commander is where Ember Beast has the most theoretical home, slotted into a token or go-wide deck that almost never swings without multiple creatures anyway, but even there it's outclassed by options that provide immediate value. The honest read: Ember Beast is a limited filler card that's drifted into constructed obscurity.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Ember Beast is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in bulk lots, not singles. That price reflects its play rate accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.