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Howlpack Wolf

Creature — Wolf2 generic manaRed mana

A 3/3 for three mana with a tribal leash: it attacks for full value on a curve where red usually has to pay for that body with a downside, and here the downside is conditional on board state rather than baked into combat. The restriction is the interesting part. It cannot block on its own, so it plays like a one-sided aggressive creature until the deck delivers a second Wolf or Werewolf, at which point it becomes a normal-rate beater that also defends. That conditional lock turns an individually middling card into a payoff for committing to a creature type: the more pack you assemble, the more the leash loosens, until the whole board can hold the ground it has been taking. It is a deliberate echo of the Werewolf design philosophy, where a card's effectiveness is tied to the state of play rather than to any single trigger, except this one strips out the day/night transformation machinery and keeps only the tribal dependency. The result is honest about what it wants from you: build wide on Wolves and Werewolves and the drawback evaporates; splash it into a generic red deck and you have bought a creature that surrenders the defensive half of the combat phase for a marginal discount.

Howlpack Wolf (soi)
SOI · #164common
Pricing
Normal: $0.07
Foil: $0.69
Oracle Text

Rules text

This creature can't block unless you control another Wolf or Werewolf.
Legalities

Format Status

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

Other printings

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