Curse of the Werefox
Sorcery
Create a Monster Role token attached to target creature you control. When you do, that creature fights up to one target creature you don't control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample. Creatures that fight each deal damage equal to their power to the other.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #16066
Curse of the Werefox sticks to a player and forces them to sacrifice a nontoken creature at the beginning of each of their end steps unless they let you draw a card — a repeating drain that taxes their board or fills your hand. Three mana for that effect is fair, and the enchantment type means it slots cleanly into curse-tribal and Aura-matters shells.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Curse of the Werefox earns its keep: multiplayer tables give you a target worth cursing every game, and the draw-or-sacrifice loop compounds over multiple turns in ways that matter more in a 40-life format. In one-on-one formats like Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer it's too slow — three mana for a conditional effect that your opponent can often play around isn't competitive, and those formats have no shortage of faster pressure. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth mentioning, where the effect is genuinely powerful relative to the card pool, though dedicated curse synergies are sparse there. Stick to Commander.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Curse of the Werefox is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar bin or grabbing a playset for the price of a pack of gum. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes the archetype hard, so treat it as a cheap slot-filler rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.