Undying Beast
Creature — Beast
When this creature dies, put it on top of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #30570
Undying Beast is a 3/2 for four mana that returns to your hand when it dies — a minor recursion loop that never builds to anything threatening. The rate is unplayable at every level of Commander; you're paying four mana for a body that replaces itself once and then sits in your hand doing nothing.
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 |
Undying Beast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper, where common-only constraints force creative solutions, it still loses to nearly every other four-drop — the recursion trigger doesn't generate card advantage, just a hand clog. In Commander, the format where recursion effects are most valued, Undying Beast falls miles short of cards like Reassembling Skeleton or Bloodsoaked Champion that do the same job for far less mana. Legacy and Vintage wouldn't touch it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Undying Beast is deep bulk — the price of a card with no competitive demand and no casual spike potential. It holds that price floor and no more; nothing about its text suggests upward movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.