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Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker

Creature — Human Scout Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf

Werewolves were always a tension engine wired to the cast count, but most of the early cycle just swelled into bigger bodies on the flip side: a 3/3 became a 5/5, and the only question was who was holding their spells. This one rewrites the back face into a team buff instead. On the front it is a 3/3 that does nothing but watch the cast count, transforming the moment a full turn passes without a spell; flip it, and the whole attacking squad picks up +1/+0 and trample, which turns a stalled board of mid-sized creatures into a damage spike that pushes through chump blockers. That trample clause is the real payoff: the werewolf flip condition pulls toward boards where nobody wants to cast first, and Neck Breaker is built to convert exactly that kind of clogged, do-nothing turn into lethal. The asymmetry of the flip triggers (one spell-quiet turn to transform forward, a two-spell turn from any player to flip back) means the back face is meant to land and stay through the slow, grinding turns the deck wants anyway. Where the bigger-body werewolves asked you to win by being individually large, this one asks you to win wide, which is the rarer and more interesting role for a three-drop that flips: it is an anthem disguised as a beater.

Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker (soi)
SOI · #147uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.30
Foil: $1.25
Oracle Text

Rules text

At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform this creature. // Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0 and have trample. At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform this creature.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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