Howling Galefang
Creature — Beast
Vigilance
This creature has haste as long as you own a card in exile that has an Adventure.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24559
Howling Galefang puts a large trampling body on the board that grows every time a creature dies — the payoff is immediate and doesn't ask much of you. The cost is a five-mana investment for a card that does nothing the turn it enters, which is a real ask in any format where tempo matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Howling Galefang fits naturally into token and sacrifice shells where creatures die constantly, turning every board wipe or sac outlet into a pump trigger. Competitive tables move too fast for a five-mana do-nothing-now creature, so it belongs at the mid-power bracket where games go long enough to let it snowball. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the five-mana slot is brutally contested and Howling Galefang's conditional growth won't clear the bar. Standard is the only 60-card home where it might see fringe play if a sacrifice synergy deck needs a closing threat on a budget.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Howling Galefang is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable in the sense that bulk rares rarely fall further, but there's no catalyst to push it meaningfully higher unless it lands in a popular precon reprint or breaks a Standard archetype.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.