Howling Wolf
Creature — Wolf
When this creature enters, you may search your library for up to three cards named Howling Wolf, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #30461
Howling Wolf is a 2/2 for four mana that tutors up to three copies of itself from your library or graveyard when it enters — a self-assembling package that floods the board with bodies. The payoff is narrow and the rate is poor; four mana for a 2/2 is unacceptable unless you're building around wolf tribal or enter-the-battlefield triggers.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Howling Wolf is a fringe tribal piece — it only earns a slot in dedicated wolf or werewolf builds where filling the board with creature types matters more than individual card quality. Pauper is the most favorable home: the self-tutoring effect generates real card advantage at common, and creature-based strategies can exploit the bodies more efficiently in that lower-power environment. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — Howling Wolf will never see play in either format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Howling Wolf is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a common box rather than order individually. The price is stable because demand is low and supply is essentially unlimited; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.