The Beast, Deathless Prince
Legendary Creature — Demon
When you cast this spell, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains menace and haste until end of turn.
The Beast enters tapped with six stun counters on it. (If it would become untapped, remove a stun counter from it instead.)
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to its owner, untap The Beast and draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.55
- EDHREC rank
- #10618
The Beast, Deathless Prince hits the board as a 6/6 indestructible threat that keeps coming back — it exiles itself on death and returns next upkeep, so removal rarely sticks. The catch is the mana: six generic and two black is a heavy ask, and outside of Edea, Possessed Sorceress shells that actively want big recursive demons in play, it earns its slot but doesn't demand one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edea, Possessed Sorceress
Edea, Possessed Sorceress wants exactly the kind of resilient, self-recurring threat that The Beast, Deathless Prince provides — it survives sweepers, keeps your board presence alive between Edea's reanimation triggers, and the demon typing matters for synergies Edea naturally assembles.
Don Andres, the Renegade
Don Andres, the Renegade runs The Beast, Deathless Prince as a top-end finisher that opponents can't permanently answer — the self-return clause means sacrifice-based removal and board wipes both fail to clear it, and Don Andres rewards sticking a threatening creature long enough to grind out value.
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 The Beast, Deathless Prince does its best work — multiplayer games are long enough that the delayed recursion clause actually triggers, and a 6/6 indestructible body that comes back after removal is a genuine resource in a format full of wraths. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with an absurdly high power ceiling, and no competitive shell has any reason to run an eight-mana creature with a one-turn delay on recursion. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the card is playable in a value-oriented black shell but won't define the format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.55 bulk tier
At $0.55, The Beast, Deathless Prince is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with genuine Commander playability in the right shell. Bulk rares with narrow but real use cases like this one tend to stay flat unless a new commander pushes them into wider demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Edea, Possessed Sorceress
- Don Andres, the Renegade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.