Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker
Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #14500
Werewolf Ransacker transforms artifact removal into a repeatable triggered ability — every time it flips, you blow up an artifact for free, making Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker one of the few pieces of interaction that scales with your werewolf density rather than sitting inert in hand. The cost is real: a three-mana 3/2 that needs either an untransformed board state or active flip support to get its first trigger, which means it underperforms in slower or artifact-light metas.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord flips your whole pack at the start of combat if you attacked with enough wolves, which means Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker reliably triggers its artifact destruction every turn cycle rather than waiting on chance — that consistency is exactly why nearly 30% of Tovolar lists run it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker is a Commander card through and through — the repeatable artifact destruction is backbreaking in a format packed with Sol Rings, Arcane Signets, and artifact combo pieces, and a deck built around werewolf synergies will flip it consistently. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's legal but functionally irrelevant: three mana for a 3/2 with a conditional triggered ability doesn't approach the interaction density those formats demand. Oathbreaker could find a niche use in a werewolf shell, but the card's ceiling is Commander, where the artifact target pool is deep and games go long enough to extract multiple triggers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a snap-include at this price for any werewolf Commander build and essentially free to pick up as a throw-in. Bulk rares rarely climb without a spike in competitive relevance, and this one has none outside Commander, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.