Pestilent Wolf
Creature — Wolf
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #18925
Pestilent Wolf trades deathtouch into a repeatable source of infect damage, making every combat a credible poison threat without needing to build around infect from the ground up. Two mana for a 2/3 with deathtouch is already a fair rate; the activated ability is the reason you play it.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pestilent Wolf is a niche Commander pick that slots into decks wanting redundant deathtouch-to-infect conversion — most relevant in Golgari or Sultai poison strategies where stacking that effect matters. In Pauper it's legal and the rate is competitive, but dedicated infect decks there want permanent infect rather than a mana-hungry activation. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more focused infect payoffs that make Pestilent Wolf too slow to see serious play. Legacy and Vintage don't have room for a three-turn-clock creature with an activated ability. The card's real home is Commander, where the slower clock and incremental poison accumulation are actually viable angles of attack.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Pestilent Wolf is deep bulk — you're not spending meaningful money here. The price is stable and unlikely to move unless a high-profile poison commander pushes demand, which hasn't happened yet.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.