Moonlight Hunt
Instant
Choose target creature you don't control. Each creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf deals damage equal to its power to that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #9524
Moonlight Hunt deals damage equal to the number of Wolves and Werewolves you control to any target — at instant speed, for two mana, that's a removal spell that scales into a one-shot finisher as your board grows. In Tovolar, Dire Overlord, where a board of four Wolves is unremarkable, this routinely kills commanders, wipes out blockers, or closes games from nowhere.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord floods the board with Wolves and Werewolves faster than almost any other commander, which means Moonlight Hunt regularly checks in as a four-or-more-damage instant for two mana — removal and reach rolled into one card that gets better every turn the pack grows.
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 |
Moonlight Hunt is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but competitive constructed formats have little interest in a conditional damage spell that requires a tribal board to scale. Commander is where it lives, specifically in Werewolf and Wolf tribal builds where the condition is trivially satisfied by turn four. Outside of tribal, the floor is too low — one or two Wolves puts this behind Shock on rate, and no non-tribal deck wants it at any cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Moonlight Hunt is bulk — the price of a filler common, not a staple. It's a safe pickup for any Werewolf build, and supply is deep enough that it won't spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.