Spirit of the Hunt
Creature — Wolf Spirit
Flash
When this creature enters, each other creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf gets +0/+3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15635
Spirit of the Hunt drops as a 3/3 flash wolf and immediately pumps your entire pack by +0/+3 until end of turn — that's a blowout combat trick stapled to a relevant body. The three-mana cost is exactly where a flash threat wants to be, and in Tovolar, Dire Overlord decks it enters as a Wolf that contributes to the day/night clock while saving your board from a wrath.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord is a Wolf and Werewolf tribal engine, and Spirit of the Hunt checks every box: it's a Wolf, it arrives at flash speed to ambush attackers or tank a board wipe, and the +0/+3 pump can keep your whole team alive through damage-based sweepers long enough to flip the night and draw cards off Tovolar's ability.
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 |
Spirit of the Hunt is a narrow tribal piece, and that narrows its competitive footprint considerably. In Commander it earns its slot in any Wolf or Werewolf build — flash plus a board-wide toughness pump is genuinely useful in a multiplayer game where combat math gets complicated. In Modern and Legacy, it's theoretically legal but the competition at three mana is steep and Wolf tribal hasn't broken through at those power levels. Pioneer offers the same story: Spirit of the Hunt is available but rarely played outside kitchen-table tribal. Commander is where this card actually lives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available in the current feed for Spirit of the Hunt, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current number. Given its narrow tribal application and low competitive demand outside Commander, it has historically sat in the bulk-to-low-value range — worth picking up for a Wolf deck without breaking the budget.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.