Hanweir Watchkeep // Bane of Hanweir
Creature — Human Warrior Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
Defender
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22171
Hanweir Watchkeep // Bane of Hanweir trades board presence for a payoff that rarely justifies the wait — a 5/5 trampler is fine, but spending three turns doing nothing offensive to get there is a steep price in any competitive game state. Run it only if you have a specific reason to want the transform trigger; otherwise it's a two-mana 1/1 defender with a delayed reward that faster decks will punish.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hanweir Watchkeep // Bane of Hanweir is a Werewolf-tribal role-player and nothing more — the transform condition is awkward in a format where players routinely cast multiple spells per turn, making it hard to flip and easy to revert. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed; the format's efficient threats don't reward spending three turns on a 1/1 defender. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no interest in this card competitively — it exists in those card pools without seeing play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Hanweir Watchkeep // Bane of Hanweir is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and will stay there. Pick it up freely for Werewolf tribal brews; there's no financial reason to hesitate or to buy multiples as a hedge.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.