Scourge Wolf
Creature — Wolf Horror
First strike
Delirium — This creature has double strike as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22097
Scourge Wolf hits hard once delirium is active — first strike plus trample on a two-drop is a genuinely threatening combat combination that punishes any single blocker. The delirium condition is the real cost, and in Commander especially, assembling four card types in the graveyard demands dedicated support rather than falling together naturally.
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 |
In Commander, Scourge Wolf is a fringe inclusion: aggressive two-drops rarely have room in a 100-card singleton format unless the deck is built around graveyard-type diversity, and even then it's competing against creatures that generate more immediate value. In Modern and Legacy, delirium shells exist but Scourge Wolf hasn't carved out a consistent role — faster threats and more impactful two-drops crowd it out. Pioneer is the format where it has the most theoretical space, since the card pool is narrower and aggressive graveyard strategies are more viable, though it still hasn't seen meaningful tournament representation. Across all formats, Scourge Wolf is a build-around that asks a lot and delivers a combat-relevant body rather than card advantage or board impact beyond its own attacks.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Scourge Wolf isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live figures. Given its limited competitive footprint, it typically sits at bulk-to-low-tier pricing — worth picking up cheaply if you're building the right delirium shell, but not a card to chase.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.