Snarling Warg
Creature — Wolf
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
As long as you control a Goblin or Orc, this creature gets +1/+0.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #21990
Snarling Warg is a 3/3 menace for three mana that discards a card when it attacks — a real cost stapled to a mediocre body. Unless your deck is actively rewarding discards, the card disadvantage makes this a bulk rare that stays in the bulk box.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Snarling Warg is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play in essentially none of them. In Commander, a 3/3 menace that punishes you for attacking is a hard sell when the format is full of creatures that generate value instead of consuming it — discard-matters commanders like Nekusar, the Mindrazer or Tinybones, Trinket Thief have better discard outlets available. In Pauper, where efficient commons define the format, a three-mana creature that shrinks your hand isn't competing. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this rate at any rarity.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Snarling Warg is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not functionality. Nothing about its effect profile suggests upward price pressure; it fills a binder slot, not a deck slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.