Beast Within (New Phyrexia) - Gatherer

Beast Within

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.395 / 5 (229 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Beast Within

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Flavor Text:

"Kill the weak so they can't drag the strong down to their level. This is true compassion."

—Benzir, archdruid of Temple Might

Watermark:

Phyrexian

Expansion:

New Phyrexia

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

103

Artist:

Dave Allsop

Rulings

7/1/2013	If the permanent is still a legal target but is not destroyed (perhaps because it regenerated or has indestructible), its controller still gets the Beast token.
3/19/2021	If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Beast Within tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. No player creates a Beast token. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does create a Beast token.