Ferocious Pup
Creature — Wolf
When this creature enters, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #12701
Ferocious Pup enters as a 0/1 and immediately creates a 2/2 Wolf token — two bodies for one card, which is the whole game in token-based Commander. Voja, Jaws of the Conclave counts both creatures as triggers, and Nim Deathmantle turns the Pup's death into a loop engine, making this a three-mana card with genuine combo reach.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave
Ferocious Pup delivers two ETB triggers for Voja, Jaws of the Conclave — one Elf, one Wolf — stacking both the power-boost and the card-draw clause simultaneously off a single cast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ferocious Pup is a Commander card through and through — the two-body ETB is most valuable when you have a general that rewards creature count or tribal tags, and 100-card singleton makes every efficient token producer worth running. In Pauper, it's a reasonable role-player in go-wide Wolf or token strategies where common-card density matters, though it faces stiffer competition for three-mana slots. Competitive Modern and Legacy have no interest in a 0/1 that makes a 2/2; those formats demand more velocity than Ferocious Pup offers. Oathbreaker and Pioneer are theoretically legal homes, but the card's ceiling there is low without a commander-style engine multiplying its ETB value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarFerocious Pup
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ferocious Pup is deep bulk — grab a playset without thinking twice. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow combo applications don't appreciate, so treat this as a cheap slot-filler rather than a pickup for value.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.