Werebear
Creature — Human Bear Druid
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Threshold — This creature gets +3/+3 as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2002
- Price
- $2.68
- EDHREC rank
- #7839
Werebear is a two-mana 1/1 that becomes a 4/4 the moment you hit threshold — a clean upgrade that costs nothing extra once your graveyard fills. Outside of Ayula, Queen Among Bears decks, where it earns a slot on bear type alone, it's a graveyard-matters card that competes with strictly better options in most other shells.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Werebear is an auto-include under Ayula, Queen Among Bears — it's a bear, so it triggers Ayula on arrival, and threshold makes it a 4/4 that can absorb or deal Ayula's fight assignments without dying.
Kudo, King Among Bears
Kudo, King Among Bears wants a critical mass of bears, and Werebear pulls double duty: it's a cheap bear on curve and scales into a meaningful body once the graveyard fills up.
Duskana, the Rage Mother
Duskana, the Rage Mother cares about 2/2 creatures, so Werebear qualifies at base — though hitting threshold takes it off Duskana's trigger, which is a real tension to weigh before including it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Werebear is a role-player in dedicated bear tribal builds and a fringe option in Golgari graveyard decks that want cheap, scalable creatures. Pauper is where Werebear has historically had the most competitive relevance, fitting naturally into threshold-based green strategies alongside other self-mill enablers. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically there, but the competition at the two-drop slot is brutal and Werebear doesn't see real play in either. It's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard, so the audience is squarely Commander and Pauper.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.68 cheap tier
At $2.68, Werebear sits at the high end of what you'd expect to pay for a common with niche applications — tribal demand from Ayula, Queen Among Bears decks is the clear price driver. It's a fine pickup if you're building bears, but don't expect the price to move much in either direction given how format-specific the demand is.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ayula, Queen Among Bears
- Kudo, King Among Bears
- Duskana, the Rage Mother
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.