Wicked Wolf
Creature — Wolf
When this creature enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Sacrifice a Food: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12532
Wicked Wolf enters as a removal spell stapled to a body — it eats a creature on arrival, then grows indestructible on demand by sacrificing a Food token. The cost is real: you need a Food pipeline to get full value, which is why Wicked Wolf shows up almost exclusively in decks already built around The Cabbage Merchant or similar token generators, not as a generic green include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Cabbage Merchant
The Cabbage Merchant generates Food tokens every time you cast a creature spell, which means Wicked Wolf has a near-permanent supply of indestructibility fuel and a kill trigger every time it enters — the two cards are a tightly interlocking engine.
Gyome, Master Chef
Gyome, Master Chef produces a Food token on each of your end steps whenever you played a nontoken creature, so Wicked Wolf reliably has fodder to go indestructible and threaten an eat trigger turn after turn.
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 |
In Commander, Wicked Wolf earns its slot only in Food-focused builds — outside that context, a four-mana 3/3 that kills one creature and then sits there is underwhelming at a 100-card table. Competitive constructed formats tell a similar story: Modern and Pioneer offer far more efficient threats and removal at four mana, and Wicked Wolf never found a serious foothold in either. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters by power ceiling. The card's ceiling is firmly in Commander Food synergy decks, and it's genuinely good there — just not cross-format material.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Camellia, the SeedmiserPeregrin TookWicked Wolf
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Food tokens
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Nuka-Cola Vending MachineGourmand's TalentWicked Wolf
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Wicked Wolf isn't available in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow home in Food-token Commander builds and modest constructed demand, it has historically been an inexpensive pickup — worth grabbing if you're building the right deck, but not a card to chase at a premium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.