Spellrune Painter // Spellrune Howler
Creature — Human Shaman Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #19725
Spellrune Painter // Spellrune Howler puts a 3/3 trampling Werewolf into play the moment you cast your second spell in a turn, which is exactly the kind of free body that spellslinger and storm-adjacent decks want stapled to a two-mana creature. The front face is modest on its own, but the flip trigger fires consistently enough in any deck casting multiple spells per turn that the back face is the real reason to run 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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Spellrune Painter // Spellrune Howler earns its slot — spellslinger commanders that reward chaining instants and sorceries get a free 3/3 trample body with almost no extra investment, and in a format where blocking is often awkward, trample matters. In Modern and Legacy it doesn't clear the bar; two mana for a 2/2 that needs a second spell to become relevant is too slow against decks operating at that power level. Pioneer sits in the same boat — the card simply isn't efficient enough to compete with what those formats demand from a two-drop. It's a Commander role-player, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Spellrune Painter // Spellrune Howler is pure bulk, and that price is about right — demand is low enough that there's no meaningful floor holding it up. Pick it up freely for any spellslinger build; don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.