Wolf of Devil's Breach
Creature — Elemental Wolf
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 
and discard a card. If you do, this creature deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the discarded card's mana value.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #23569
Wolf of Devil's Breach enters as a 5/4 trampler that punches something on every attack — discard a card, deal damage equal to its mana value, then Exploit it into the graveyard. The discard-to-deal trigger is the real draw: in the right deck, you're pitching high-CMC spells or cards with graveyard payoffs and killing creatures or chunks of life totals for free.
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 Wolf of Devil's Breach earns its slot — red decks built around reanimation, Madness, or high-CMC spells treat the discard trigger as pure upside rather than a cost. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too fragile at five mana; red has better threats that don't ask you to pitch cards. Legacy has the power to exploit the Exploit clause in degenerate ways, but five mana is still a steep ask in a format that wins on turn two. Wolf of Devil's Breach is a Commander card through and through, and should be evaluated entirely in that context.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Wolf of Devil's Breach is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. That price is unlikely to move much given its narrow Commander applications, but the effect is strong enough that you're getting real value for the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.