Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
Trample
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #8471
Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup puts a trample-granting pump ability on the board the moment it lands, and the backside flips into a 3/3 with trample on its own — that's meaningful pressure for three mana. Outside of dedicated Wolf or Werewolf builds led by something like Tovolar, Dire Overlord, the payoff is too narrow to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord triggers its draw engine off Wolves and Werewolves hitting players, and Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup both contributes a body to that count and pumps the rest of the pack to close out those combats faster.
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron cares about activated abilities on creatures, and the trample-granting tap ability on Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup becomes a reusable tool once Agatha starts distributing counters — it's a minor but real synergy in that shell.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup sees essentially no play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — three mana for a conditional pump effect and a modest body simply doesn't clear the bar in those formats. Commander is where it belongs, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple: the card earns its slot in Wolf tribal builds, not in general green creature strategies. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies — narrow tribal payoff, limited outside the tribe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup is deep bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in, not hunting it down. There's no price pressure coming: its demand is tightly scoped to one tribal archetype, so don't expect the floor to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
- Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.