Snow Hound
Creature — Dog
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: Return this creature and target green or blue creature you control to their owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #26527
Snow Hound returns a creature you control to your hand — that's its entire game, and it only matters if you're running something that wants to be bounced repeatedly, like Wormfang Manta. Outside of dedicated flicker or bounce-abuse shells, a 1/1 for 2W that does nothing on its own is not a card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Snow Hound is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but 'legal' and 'playable' are different things. In Commander, it sees fringe play in bounce-loop strategies where returning your own creatures is a resource — think extra-turns engines or enter-the-battlefield value chains. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient bounce effects, so Snow Hound has no realistic place there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: niche at best, only if the gameplan specifically rewards self-bounce.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Snow Hound is deep bulk — the price of a card that sees almost no demand. It won't hold or grow value, but if your deck actually wants it, the cost of entry is negligible.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.