Village Watch // Village Reavers
Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
Haste
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $1.28
- EDHREC rank
- #10516
Village Watch // Village Reavers puts three power across two bodies on turn four, then flips into a 4/4 trampler with two Wolves by day three — the back half is what you're actually paying for. In Tovolar, Dire Overlord decks, this card does real work: the Watch side counts two Wolves toward the day-to-night trigger, and the Reavers side attacks for meaningful damage while the rest of your pack closes games.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Tovolar, Dire Overlord runs Village Watch // Village Reavers at a 63% rate because the front side immediately pads your Wolf count for the day/night flip condition, and the Reavers back half gives Tovolar a 4/4 trample threat plus two more Wolves to draw cards off — that's three bodies feeding one of Commander's most efficient card-draw engines.
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 |
Village Watch // Village Reavers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but it's effectively a Commander card — the day/night mechanic requires a critical mass of Werewolves to matter, and only 100-card singleton builds in the Tovolar, Dire Overlord shell give it a real home. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too narrow: four mana for a 2/2 plus two 1/1s competes poorly against what those formats are doing on turn four. Legacy and Vintage can ignore it entirely. The card's design is Commander-first, and that's where you should treat it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.28 cheap tier
At $1.28, Village Watch // Village Reavers sits comfortably in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to include on synergy alone without any budget justification. It's a narrow Werewolf roleplayer with one real home, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.