Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher

Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf

At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
Price
$0.36
EDHREC rank
#9408
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Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher card art
Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher gives any creature you control haste and a +1/+1 counter at the beginning of combat — for three mana, that's immediate, repeatable pressure that turns even a mid-sized board into a racing engine. Tovolar, Dire Overlord lists run it in over 65% of decks for good reason: the front face accelerates wolves into combat on the turn they land, and the back face is a 3/3 trampler with haste that keeps dealing damage on its own.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Tovolar, Dire Overlord

65.7% of decks · synergy 0.63

Tovolar, Dire Overlord wants wolves and werewolves swinging every turn to trigger its draw ability, and Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher delivers both — the front face ensures newly played creatures attack immediately, and once flipped, the back face contributes its own haste-enabled body to keep the pack moving.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is where Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher earns its keep most consistently — tribal synergy with werewolves and the repeatable haste grant make it a staple in any red creature-centric build, not just wolf decks. In Modern and Pioneer, a three-mana 3/3 with a delayed combat effect has to compete against aggressive curves that close games faster, so it only finds a home in dedicated werewolf shells where the tribal payoff justifies the slot. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the rate is too low and the formats too hostile to combat-oriented three-drops without immediate game-ending impact. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: if your signature spell or planeswalker cares about combat triggers or wolf tokens, this pulls weight.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.36 bulk tier

At $0.36, Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher is firmly bulk, which is underselling what it does in the decks that want it. The price reflects limited cross-format demand, but for Commander players building around Tovolar or any aggressive red creature strategy, it's one of the most efficient haste enablers available at any price.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.