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Carrion Howler

Creature — Zombie Wolf

Pay 1 life: This creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Salvat 2005
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#24280
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Carrion Howler card art
Carrion Howler gives you a 4/3 body that pumps itself to a 7/3 on demand — the catch is paying life to do it, which is a resource, not a downside. In Rowan, Scion of War builds that convert life loss into mana reduction, that cost is the whole point.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Carrion Howler is strictly a Commander card — in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's far too slow and underpowered to compete with the threats those formats deploy on turns one and two. In Commander, it occupies a narrow but real role: life-loss synergy decks want repeatable, on-demand ways to spend life, and Carrion Howler provides that on a body that can actually threaten combat. Outside of dedicated life-loss strategies, it's too parasitic to run.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Carrion Howler isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and retail figures. As a narrow synergy uncommon with a small target audience, it typically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing — easy to pick up if the deck calls for it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.