Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
When this creature enters, create two 2/2 green Wolf creature tokens.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7633
Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader enters as a 6/6 that immediately makes two 2/2 Wolf tokens — six power and six toughness across three bodies for six mana — and if you flip it, the Packleader side pumps your entire pack and rewards you for attacking with Wolves. The cost is real: six mana is a serious ask, and the card does nothing until it resolves. Nim Deathmantle loops and Tovolar, Dire Overlord tribal shells are the two contexts where that cost stops mattering.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord wants every Wolf and Werewolf it can find, and Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader delivers three bodies at once — each one counting toward Tovolar's day/night trigger threshold and fueling his card-draw ability whenever Wolves deal combat damage.
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 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader earns its keep — the singleton format rewards high-impact, individually powerful cards, and a six-mana play that floods the board with bodies fits the curve of a midrange creature deck. In Modern and Pioneer, six mana is too slow for competitive tables without a dedicated ramp or reanimator shell, and the card sees essentially no play there. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but practically irrelevant; no competitive archetype in either format is casting this. For Commander players running Werewolf or Wolf tribal, Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader is a near-automatic inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarTovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
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Pricing data isn't available at this time for Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and market prices before buying. Given its 86% inclusion rate in Tovolar, Dire Overlord decks, demand is steady, but it was printed at rare in a large set — copies are generally accessible.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nim Deathmantle
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
- Ashnod's Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.