Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald

The werewolf mechanic's chronic problem was always that it did nothing while it flipped: a vanilla body on the front, a payoff on the back, and a transformation gated by a spell-count clock that could stall for turns. This one solves the front-side deadweight by giving both faces a job on attack, so it contributes ramp whether the sun is up or down. The mana it makes is the wrinkle: it does not empty out as steps and phases pass, so a combat swing can float red or green forward into a second main phase, turning a beater into a source of extra spell velocity. The daybound face is a self-sufficient rampant piece; the nightbound face keeps that same attack trigger and stacks a team anthem on top, making the werewolf's usual asymmetry (weak day, strong night) coherent rather than a liability you tolerate to reach the good side. Daybound and nightbound wire the two states into the same spell-cadence tension every werewolf shares (cast nothing to keep it dark, overcommit to flip it back), but here both readings of that clock pay you. The design intent is a two-drop that ramps into its own tribe: cheap enough to lead a curve, additive enough that flipping is upside rather than the whole plan, and mana-positive on every combat regardless of which side is showing.