Naya Soulbeast
Creature — Beast
When you cast this spell, each player reveals the top card of their library. This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total mana value of all cards revealed this way.
Trample
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #23783
Naya Soulbeast lands as the biggest creature at the table — every player reveals the top card of their library and it enters with a cumulative power and toughness equal to all those converted mana costs combined, which routinely pushes it past 10/10 on a six-mana investment. The catch is symmetry: opponents get a free look and occasionally spike a Blightsteel Colossus before you do.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Naya Soulbeast actually gets to breathe — four opponents means four extra library reveals, so the expected size is dramatically higher than in any 1v1 context, and a 15/15 or larger for six mana is a legitimate threat even in mid-power pods. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card is far too slow and too random for those formats when cheaper, deterministic threats exist. Naya Soulbeast is a Commander card through and through, best in big-creature decks that can protect it or immediately grant it haste.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Naya Soulbeast is pure bulk — no financial barrier to picking up a copy. Bulk rares with niche Commander appeal rarely climb unless a popular commander pushes them into the spotlight, so treat it as a cheap include, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.