Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
This spell can't be countered.
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: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If it's a Wolf or Werewolf, untap this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $1.01
- EDHREC rank
- #7634
Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler puts every Wolf and Werewolf you cast onto the battlefield for free once it flips — that's a full mana refund on every threat you play from that point forward. The cost is real: you need to untap with it and then flip it, which means two turns of vulnerability before the engine goes live.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord already wants a critical mass of Wolves and Werewolves to trigger its card draw, and Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler lets you deploy that mass without spending mana — turning every card Tovolar draws into a free threat.
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 |
Commander is where Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler actually lives — the tribal synergies and slower pace of the format give it the time it needs to flip and start generating value. In Modern and Pioneer the card is legal but essentially absent: two-turn setup engines don't survive the speed of those formats, and Werewolf tribal has no competitive foothold there. Legacy and Vintage are the same story; the card is legal on paper but has no business being in either format. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.01 cheap tier
At $1.01, Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler is an easy include for any Werewolf Commander build — the price reflects its narrow tribal home rather than any weakness in what it does. It's unlikely to spike outside of that niche, but within it you're getting a lot of power for the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.