Howltooth Hollow
Land
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
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., : You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if each player has no cards in hand.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $1.49
- EDHREC rank
- #20472
Howltooth Hollow enters tapped and produces colorless mana — two strikes that demand a real payoff — but that payoff exists: it untaps immediately if each opponent has an empty hand, making it a free land in discard-matters and hellbent shells that can actually empty hands fast. Run it in those decks and it overperforms its price; run it anywhere else and it's a worse Wastes.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Howltooth Hollow earns its slot, specifically in 75-card strategies built around wheel effects, forced discard, or hellbent payoffs — once opponents are empty-handed, the enters-tapped clause vanishes and you have an unconditioned land. In Legacy and Vintage the condition is nearly impossible to meet consistently, the tempo cost of a tapped land is punishing, and better colorless options exist, so it sees no play there. Modern is legal but the same logic applies — you're not emptying three opponents' hands in a two-player game fast enough for this to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.49 cheap tier
At $1.49, Howltooth Hollow sits in impulse-buy territory, and the price reflects its narrow application accurately. It won't climb without a high-profile discard commander pulling it into the spotlight, so buy it if the deck calls for it and don't expect much movement either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.