15 Most Valuable Beast Cards

Baloth Prime | Illustrated by Joshua Raphael

The Beast creature type debuted all the way back in Magic’s first set, Alpha, though the artifact creature Clockwork Beast didn’t actually have the creature type until it was errata’d years later.

Beasts received notable support in the typal bonanza of Onslaught block as one of the most notable supported green creature types from that era of the game, but what are the most valuable Beast cards of all time? Never mind the Baloths, let’s find out!

15. Loot, the Key to Everything (Raised Foil The Big Score Vault Frame) – Outlaws of Thunder Junction

Market Price: $41.42

Wizards of the Coast have been pushing the adorable Loot as the nominal mascot of the entire franchise since its inception, likely to try and compete with the instantly recognizable Pikachu in Pokémon. Good luck with that.

However, Loot is a Beast Noble (and a noble beast), and a number of his cards populate this list, including this over-$40 Raised Foil from Outlaws of Thunder Junction.

14. Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast (Surge Foil Borderless Character Card) – Final Fantasy

Market Price: $44.68

While the front side of this card is an Assassin, the back side is a purple-hued Beast with red hair, trample, and lifelink that returns to the battlefield tapped, frontside-up if it dies.

The Surge Foil Borderless Character Cards figure prominently among the most valuable cards from Final Fantasy, as both Clerics and Knights boast such cards among their ranks.

13. Loot, Exuberant Explorer (Borderless Mana Foil) – Foundations

Market Price: $51.37

Three cards in and we’ve already seen two Loot variants, with this one coming from the Foundations core set and boasting a hard-to-find Mana Foil finish that has the five mana symbols embossed on one side of the card.

While the other Loots are both Temur-colored (), this one is a mono-green legendary creature with a built-in Exploration attached and a nifty activated ability that calls to mind Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy's (though Loot’s requires tapping, sadly).

12. Spinal Villain – Legends

Market Price: $56.60

Easily the most terrifying artwork on this entire list, early Magic art contributor Anson Maddocks delivers a truly spinal-column-tingling monster on this card that ranks as only the fourth Beast card ever printed.

Sadly, Maddocks, one of the most recognizable artists from the first five years of the game’s existence, has not produced artwork for Magic since 2006’s Time Spiral. While the game’s art is still amazing, I personally miss the sometimes-disturbing fantasy artwork that Maddocks produced, much like this striking Legends Beastie.

11. Felidar Sovereign – Look at the Kitties Secret Lair Drop

Market Price: $58.68

This Secret Lair card also ranks highly among the most valuable Cat cards of all time, and it’s easy to see why. Cats are rather popular among Magic’s player base (and in general), so combining a cute kitty artwork with a strong Commander favorite means that this card was always going to merit a meaty price tag.

Of course, this isn’t just a Cat… it’s a Cat Beast, so it also qualifies among the most valuable Beast cards ever. Sometimes Cats can act a little beastly, so it makes sense.

10. Displacer Kitten – Dungeons & Dragons®: Black Lights & Dark Dungeons Secret Lair Drop

Market Price: $65.64

This infinite-combo-enabling machine also hails from a Secret Lair Drop and features striking “black light” band poster-themed artwork courtesy of Josh Freydkis.

A blue Cat Beast, this card has not been reprinted frequently since its unveiling in 2022’s Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate, so an above-$60 price point seems about right.

9. Vizzerdrix (Foil) – Seventh Edition

Market Price: $76.03

I will always hold a special place in my heart for this overcosted vanilla 6/6 blue Beast due to its presence in the Starter 2000 two-player box, which featured the promo Rhox art on the cover.

While this card is, obviously, atrocious, Seventh Edition foils remain hot commodities among collectors and fans, even if the card in question is an unplayable vanilla creature that was, stunningly, reprinted at rare in both Eighth and Ninth Edition.

8. Arcbound Ravager (Kaladesh Inventions Bonus Sheet) – Kaladesh

Market Price: $80.25

The Kaladesh Inventions Bonus Sheet features some of the most stunning artwork of all time of some of the most iconic artifacts from Magic’s history, including on one of the most valuable Angel cards ever.

Arcbound Ravager, originally from Mirrodin, certainly qualifies, as it was one of the main elements of the dominant artifact decks from the era, which relied on the eminently broken artifact lands and Disciple of the Vault combined with the Ravager for quick wins.

7. Illuna, Apex of Wishes // Ghidorah, King of the Cosmos – Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

Market Price: $84.37

This amazing card came from WotC’s collaboration with the Godzilla franchise, which occurred, fittingly, as part of 2020’s Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths set.

King Ghidorah, one of the biggest bads in the entire franchise, looks terrific on this reskinned Illuna card, and a price tag above $80 is fitting for a card befitting a King.

6. Loot, the Pathfinder (Japan Showcase Fracture Foil) – Aetherdrift

Market Price: $104.18

The most valuable Loot card herein features the eminently scarce and beautiful Japan Showcase Fracture Foil finish and frame that has become something of a go-to for recent sets, especially in Collector Boosters.

2025’s Aetherdrift featured a number of striking collectible finishes and frames, but for this Beast Noble, this most valuable of them is the anime-style Japan Showcase artwork coupled with the hard-to-find Fracture Foil finish, a delightful combo.

5. Clockwork Beast – Alpha

Market Price: $240.29

As is often the case, the very first card with a specific creature type from Alpha ranks highly among the most valuable of those cards. Such is the case with Clockwork Beast, which was first printed without a creature type of any kind due to the arcane early Magic rules.

While this card has been reprinted a few times over the years, it is one of the rare cards where no new artwork for it has been produced, meaning Drew Tucker’s originally illustration remains the definitive original Beast.

4. Craterhoof Behemoth (Halo Foil Ghostfire Card) – Tarkir: Dragonstorm

Market Price: $257.19

Every mythic rare in 2025’s Tarkir: Dragonstorm set received an immensely rare “Ghostfire” finish, which featured a striking black and teal color palette. All of those cards were eminently scarce and only available in Collector Boosters of the set.

Furthering the rarity was the fact that those cards could be found in tremendously limited quantities in a stunning Halo Foil finish, including one of the best finishing moves across all of Magic, this 5/5 Beast with haste that gives all your other creatures a massive boost.

3. Kaheera, the Orphanguard (Serialized Multiverse Legends) – March of the Machine

Market Price: $345.99

The first of two serialized cards herein, this one also ranks highly among the most valuable Cat cards, and with good reason. Kaheera acts as a lord for a number of notable creature types, with Beast being one of them.

Strangely, there haven’t been many Beast lords over the years, with only Krosan Warchief really fitting the bill. While some cards, such as Ravenous Baloth, Wirewood Savage, and Advocate of the Beast, certainly provide synergy for the type, Kaheera acts as one of the only actual power-and-toughness-boosting Beasts ever.

2. Protean Hulk (Serialized Retro Frame Foil) – Ravnica Remastered

Market Price: $354.99

The second and final serialized Beast here was originally printed in 2006’s Dissension and acts as a multi-creature tutor upon its demise, which, as you might expect, can lead to some pretty bonkers infinite combos.

The Retro Frame Foil finish from Ravnica Remastered looks terrific on this rather goofy-looking 6/6 Beast, though you’d never catch me saying that to its face (or its tusks).

1. Guardian Beast – Arabian Nights

Market Price: $615.00

Surprisingly, the most valuable Beast of all time is actually the second Beast card printed in Magic history, not the first. Why is this 2/4 Beast from Arabian Nights worth over $600?

For one thing, it features a line of text that’s not been seen on a card before or since: “noncreature artifacts you control can’t be enchanted, they have indestructible, and other players can’t gain control of them.” Beyond that, you’d expect this effect to be on a white card, not a black card, adding to its mystique and collectible appeal. Does that mean it should be worth over $600? The market says yes!

Boasting Beastly Value

And there you have it. Not all of these Beast cards might break the bank, but if you’re looking to protect your Revel in Riches-based Commander deck, then over $600 is the going rate for one of the best artifact-protecting creatures in the game’s history. Hey, don’t blame me! I don’t make the rules, I just report on them.

Thanks for reading!