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Guardian Beast
Masters Edition IV · Rare · Illustrated by Ken Meyer, Jr. · 2011
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Guardian Beast is a foundational Beast creature type card from Arabian Nights that received errata to establish the Beast creature type, which later became a widespread tribal theme across multiple Magic blocks with significant mechanical support.
One of the earliest cards to receive Beast creature type errata along with Clockwork Beast from AlphaBeast type gained widespread usage starting in Tempest blockOdyssey and Onslaught blocks established Beast as a major tribal theme with inter-card supportGrand Creature Type Update consolidated multiple creature types into Beast classificationIkoria: Lair of Behemoths featured Beasts as the green-centered tribal theme
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💡 When Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths had a strong tribal theme in vision design, Beasts were the green-centered tribe.
💡 Beast of Burden is not a Beast despite its name.
💡 Krosan Warchief is a Beast Lord.
💡 Gruul Keyrune is a manstone that can become a 3/2 red and green Beast artifact creature with trample.
💡 Hidden Predators is an Enchantment that can become a 4/4 green Beast.
💡 Originally referred to by the community as 'booster ruiners', Trained Orgg and Vizzerdrix foil versions became valuable and coveted collector cards - partially because of the meme, partially because of nostalgia. As of March 2022, prices for these cards ranged from $80 USD to $160 USD according to MTGGoldfish, while on eBay they were being sold for as high as $120 USD to $265 USD.
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Ken Meyer, Jr.
Masters Edition IV · #85 · 2011
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