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Nightpack Ambusher

Creature — Wolf2 generic manaGreen manaGreen mana

The trigger's condition is the whole design: at your end step, if you cast no spell this turn, you get a 2/2 Wolf. That single clause turns the flash body into a patience engine. Flash lets you deploy on the opponent's turn, ambushing an attacker or landing a 4/4 the moment they tap out; once it resolves and sticks around, the token clause takes over on your own turns, rewarding you for holding priority and casting nothing. Those are two distinct modes across two distinct turns, not a single decision: the ambush happens when the card is in hand, the tokens accrue once it is on the battlefield and you keep your mana up. The anthem stitches the modes together. Every Wolf token it spawns comes in as a 3/3 rather than a 2/2, and any Werewolf you control swells too, so a board that began as one held-back creature compounds into a real clock without ever tapping out. Note the anthem's wording: it lifts other Wolves and Werewolves, not itself, so the Ambusher stays a 4/4 while its brood grows around it. Green flash beaters have long been built to punish a tapped-out opponent, and most paid for the ambush by trading tempo for a body. This one refuses the trade: pass with mana up, cast nothing, and patience quietly becomes pressure.

Nightpack Ambusher (j22)
J22 · #696rare
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Flash Other Wolves and Werewolves you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't cast a spell this turn, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
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
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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