Beetleback Chief
Beetleback Chief: Creature - Goblin Warrior, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Goblin Warrior
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 205
- Artist
- Lorenzo Mastroianni
- Commander rank
- 3,555 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Beetleback Chief
Beetleback Chief is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 205 in that set, with art by Lorenzo Mastroianni. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Planechase 2012 (2012) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Beetleback Chief by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Beetleback Chief
Beetleback Chief has been printed in 11 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #TDC-205 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #129 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #294 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #PCA-40 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Commander Anthology Volume II (CM2) #83 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Planechase Anthology (PCA) #40 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #119 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Commander 2014 (C14) #171 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning (DDN) #14 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #150 | Common | 2014 |
| Planechase 2012 (PC2) #40 | Uncommon | 2012 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Beetleback Chief is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Mardu Surge (TDC), led by Zurgo Stormrender