Howlpack Resurgence
Enchantment
Flash
Each creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf gets +1/+1 and has trample.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #8018
Howlpack Resurgence lands as a permanent anthem that gives every Wolf and Werewolf you control +1/+1 and trample — for three mana at instant speed, which means you can drop it at end of turn and untap swinging. In Tovolar, Dire Overlord builds, it's a core piece rather than a flex slot: the trample grant turns a wide board of 2/2s into a one-hit threat that opponents can't simply chump.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord demands Howlpack Resurgence because the combination of his card-draw engine and the anthem's trample grant means every Wolf that connects draws a card — trample makes blocking correctly nearly impossible, so the engine runs almost every attack step.
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 Resurgence actually matters — Wolf and Werewolf tribal is overwhelmingly a Commander archetype, and the anthem's instant-speed flash lets you sandbag it through the pre-combat window to dodge sorcery-speed removal. In Modern and Legacy the card is technically legal but sees no competitive play: tribal Wolf strategies don't exist at those power levels, and a three-mana enchantment that does nothing until you have a board full of a specific creature type is too slow and too conditional. Pioneer is the same story. Oathbreaker could find a home if a Wolf-themed planeswalker is at the helm, but the card's ceiling is in 100-card singleton formats where the Wolf density is high enough to make the anthem relevant every game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Howlpack Resurgence is firmly bulk — a card you grab from a dollar bin or toss into a cart to hit free shipping. Bulk enchantments with narrow tribal applications rarely climb without a pushed new Werewolf commander or a Standard-legal reprint driving demand, so expect it to stay in this tier.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.