Symbiotic Beast
Creature — Insect Beast
When this creature dies, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19775
Symbiotic Beast lands as a 4/4 that immediately replaces itself with four 1/1 Insect tokens — seven power across five bodies for six mana. The cost is real, but any deck that wants sacrifice fodder, token count, or death-trigger fuel gets full value the turn it enters.
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 |
Commander is where Symbiotic Beast has a legitimate home, specifically in token-doubler shells, aristocrats builds, and Insect-tribal lists where five separate bodies matter more than a single 4/4. In Pauper it's a legal option but competes in a format where six mana needs to win the game, not just populate the board — it sees essentially no play there. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper only; Symbiotic Beast is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Symbiotic Beast is deep bulk — pick it out of any common box without a second thought. That price is stable simply because demand is low and copies are plentiful, not because it's undervalued and due for a spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.