Fang of the Pack
Creature — Wolf
Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains melee until end of turn. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #24218
Fang of the Pack lands with melee and hands out a pack tactics counter to every creature you control, turning any wide board into a lethal threat the moment combat starts. Six mana is the ceiling, and you need multiple opponents attacked to maximize it, but the payoff in a go-wide Commander deck is immediate and board-wide.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fang of the Pack is a Commander card through and through — the pack tactics and melee mechanics both scale with the multi-opponent structure of the format, and a wide creature board is easy to assemble at a 100-card table. Legacy and Vintage technically permit it, but a six-mana creature with no immediate protection has no competitive role in either format. Oathbreaker can support it in aggressive builds, though the smaller life totals compress the window where melee damage actually matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Fang of the Pack is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought in a collection trade. Bulk mythics with narrow tribal or combat synergies rarely recover value, so treat it as a pure gameplay inclusion, not a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.