Goliath Beetle
Creature — Insect
Trample
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28734
Goliath Beetle is an 8/8 with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no text beyond its power and toughness — what you see is what you get. Eight mana for a vanilla creature is a bad deal in Commander, where that slot belongs to something that changes the board state the moment it resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goliath Beetle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in none of them. In Commander, eight mana buys you Blightsteel Colossus, Craterhoof Behemoth, or any number of threats that end games on their own — a vanilla 8/8 does not clear that bar. Pauper is its most plausible home given the format's power ceiling, but even there, eight mana is an enormous ask for a creature with no built-in protection or immediate impact. Legacy and Vintage move too fast to ever cast it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Goliath Beetle sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand for vanilla creatures at this mana cost is effectively zero across all competitive formats. It's a safe throw-in for a trade binder filler, nothing more.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.