Weary Prisoner // Wrathful Jailbreaker
Creature — Human Werewolf // Creature — Werewolf
Defender
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #20945
Weary Prisoner // Wrathful Jailbreaker enters tapped and does nothing until someone takes combat damage — at which point it flips into a hasty 3/3 beater that can immediately attack. The setup cost is real, but in decks that want a cheap two-drop with upside, the payoff is proportionate to the price tag.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Weary Prisoner // Wrathful Jailbreaker is a fringe inclusion — the flip condition is easy enough to trigger at a multiplayer table, but a vanilla 3/3 with haste rarely justifies a slot when the format's power ceiling is this high. Pauper is where this card gets its most serious look: two-mana creatures with relevant upsides matter there, and the aggressive common shell can flip it reliably in the early turns. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact to compete for the two-drop slot. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Weary Prisoner // Wrathful Jailbreaker is deep bulk — you're not buying this for value, you're buying it because it fits a slot and costs nothing. Bulk rares fluctuate but this one has no spike potential; pick it up for pennies and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.